OK, so I'm kinda down today because ACA hasn't reached me . . .

[Brigid]

But Rachel is right: who can resist that shit-eating grin on Joe Biden's face?

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[elleng]

1. Hasn't 'reached' you?

Explain?

[Brigid]

3. My stupid state refused to expand Medicaid.

So I got left out. I'm not eligible for subsidies because my income is too low and nothing will come up on healthcare.gov. That is because according to them I'm supposed to be eligible for Medicaid. But Indiana didn't expand Medicaid. It's sort of a catch-22 that some of us living in red states that didn't expand Medicaid are caught in. Thanks, stupid IN governor Pence.

[elleng]

6. SORRY!

[lostincalifornia]

7. You might want to call someone at the ACA and see if there is anything you could do

[WillyT]

9. Move To California... We Can Meet In Golde Gate Park!!!

[Brigid]

19. Me? A stodgy Midwesterner? In CA?

[WillyT]

20. Oh C'Mon... Dad Was From Kansas, Mom From Illinois...

It can work rather well.

You can even wear a flower in you hair.

[stopbush]

22. I'm from Ohio, now living in SoCal. Why put up with the Midwestern shit? Republicans, snow,

the "thank you, may I have another" mindset of accepting being oppressed?

Come live the good life here. Just stay away from Fresno...

[glowing]

10. If you try using you income, u might get a really good subsidy? I don't know the particulars though

I think we are all going to become better shoppers as this unrolls into the future, better at demanding fair treatment and prices, and people in opt out states are going to demand coverage!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

18. I'm sorry. Someone I know in GA is in the same bind. I spent 1/2 day trying to find a way

for her to get treated in Georgia, but no one accepts her as a patient because she needs ovarian and breast surgery, and hospitals in GA are automatic lien hospitals, so they won't perform surgery because she already owes them money. Meanwhile, the right wing governor of GA out of spite and hoping to destroy ACA, has said no to the expansion of it.

I hate right wingers. I really, really do.

[stopbush]

21. Take heart - you'll have Obamacare long before the Cubs win a World Series.

[Auntie Bush]

2. Inquiring minds want to know.

Why has ACA not reached you?

[mucifer]

4. She's in a red state and falls through the cracks.

[Brigid]

5. Because my state governor is an idiot.

[GoCubsGo]

8. My governor is an idiot, too, to grossly understate things.

I also fell through the cracks, and am more than a tad bummed that I am not being helped, as well. But, that shit-eating grin on VP Biden's face is quite satisfying.

[Brigid]

12. It'll just take more time.

They need to get voted out of office. Or naybe if people start moving out of these states in droves they'll get the idea. But meanwhile, Joe's grin helps take the sting out of it.

[mucifer]

14. Don't move to Illinois. I think we might get a republican governor soon. It's getting very scary.

[Brigid]

15. Oh no! I was thinking about Chicago!

But since IL did expand Medicaid, it's going to be a lot harder for a future governor to take it away.

[mucifer]

17. my two brothers who voted for Obama say they are going to vote republican

for governor of IL

From the trib:

Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Sunday sharply criticized a feature of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, contending Illinois’ expansion of Medicaid coverage deceives people into believing they have health insurance.

The state’s junior senator was joined by Republican governor nominee Bruce Rauner, who warned of the potential for a “massive” budget hole down the road due to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn’s Medicaid expansion. Still, Rauner stopped short of saying Illinois should roll back the expanded Medicaid program. Many Republican governors have opposed adding to the number of people on the taxpayer-funded, federal-state health care program.

Monday marks the final day for people to sign up for private health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but applications for Medicaid are not subject to the deadline. Illinois is one of more than two dozen states that approved expanding Medicaid coverage to 138 percent of the federal poverty line. Federal health care officials say that is about $16,105 for an individual or $32,914 for a family of four.

Quinn signed the Medicaid expansion last July, noting that in Obama’s home state, “we believe access to quality health care is a fundamental right and we proudly embrace the Affordable Care Act.” While state officials had expected 200,000 more people to join, more than double that number have applied.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/search_results/?q=rauner+obamacare

So many people don't like Quinn, we might end up with a republican governor.

[glowing]

11. I'm thinks a bit of the it opting into Medicaid expansion is due to the vast #'s

that would show up more in these red states as qualifying.. ie, they make shitty wages/ income.

[MostlyAmused]

13. I feel for you.

One of my daughters is in the same boat, along with an estimated 500,000 other North Carolinians, thanks to our evil governor.

[Lex]

16. Evil is right.

And crooked too.