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1/8/2017 3:40:19 AM
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How do you feel about Obamacare/ACA

I live in one of those states and I like the ACA

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I live in one of those states and I don't like it

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I don't live in those states and I do like it

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I don't live in those states and I don't like it

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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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  • Before ACA: American taxes went towards paying the bills that people didn't pay when they went to the hospital, but no significant increase to any tax due to this. People without insurance don't get elective surgeries or treatment. After ACA: Americans pay MORE for their insurance to compensate for ACA policies given out for those who can't pay (or fined if they chose not to get coverage), no significant tax increase. People without insurance AND people with ACA coverage don't get elective surgeries or treatment (because a LOT of places don't accept ACA coverage). I pay more for the SAME -blam!-ing shit that was around before the ACA.

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