This question is directed at people who live in one of these states:
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Kansas
Maine
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
There seems to be a lot of overlap between a strong dislike of the ACA and living in a state that did not accept an expansion in Medicaid. Expanding funding for Medicaid would give relief to people who fall in the gap where you're too poor to buy your own healthcare coverage, but make too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
Now, I think it's quite understandable to feel screwed over by the ACA if you are in one of these states, because not only are there new federal requirements for health insurance, which makes it cost more, but there's no option for any relief on your part because your state denied Medicaid expansion.
However, this is not a fault of the ACA - this is the fault of your state. Your state was given the option to give relief to its poorer residents with regards to healthcare insurance, but they said no. The people you should really be mad at are the ones who made that decision, not the ACA.
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12 RepliesI don't like what it forces some businesses to do.