Originally Posted by Crash.Override:
Originally Posted by teyates:
The failure of the state to support the ACA had NOTHING to do with Medicare. The plan was for expanded MEDICAID, which is an entirely different bird, and is adminstered on a state level. The plan only promised three years of funding.
Therefore, blaming this on Bentley and the state is an epic fail. This goes entirely back on the tongue of Obama who promised that "if you like your insurance, you can keep it". Many on here and in the medical community warned that this would not be the case.
Supposedly, 8 million have now signed up, BUT 6.5 million lost their insurance because of this plan therefore it is only a net gain of 1.5 million. Not very impressive for a plan that has cost us so much.
Again, learn the difference between Medicare and Medicaid before blaming Dr. Bentley, he has got more sense than you give him credit for.
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big deal.. i confused medicare and medicaid.. you still understand the post and defend the state republicans for their failure to cover the people of the state.. imagine that.
No it is you who does not understand. The state and the federal programs are two different things. One of them has no bearing on the other. Regardless if the "widows" qualify for Medicare, they probably still do not qualify for Medicaid, so blaming it on the governor is just redirecting the true culprit from his culpability. This BELONGS to Obama, no one else. Don't try to pin it on Bentley's refusal to get caught up in the quagmire. While I fully support medicaid, I also understand that in three years the state would have been saddled with something they cannot pay for, and then EVERYONE would have lost.
The typical "progressive liberal" stand according to your logic is that it is better for many to suffer than a few, but my stand on this is to take care of those you can the best that you can, and I beleive that the current state Medicaid is doing the best they can do.
There was no doubt in anyone's mind that if the federal government came in and put a whole bunch of demands on employers and benefactors, that there were going to be people losing their coverage. Only a moron would fail to see this. The most likely target would also be those who are retired and getting benefits. the benefits may promise coverage, however it rarely stipulates the quality of that coverage, nor the deductibles associated with it. you (CO) claim to be an all knowing businessman with a wealth of knowledge about how to run a business, and yet you fail to realize this very common premise?
Perhaps if you took off your Obama colored glasses, quit drinking the Obama KoolAid, and stop coloring in your Obama coloring book for a few moments you could realize that the OP is absolutely correct in ascertaining the blame to Obama in this instance, because he and the Dems own every bit of it.