06-16-2014, 07:04 AM
Sen. Mitch McConnell has a very strange new position on Obamacare. The Republican Senate minority leader is rhetorically standing by his pro-repeal stance, but -- in what amounts to a softening of his position and a contradiction -- he's also saying his home state of Kentucky should be allowed to keep Kynect, its state-based Obamacare exchange, if the federal law is eliminated.
Mitch McConnell's Bizarre New Position On Obamacare - Business Insider
It's a relief to see so much outrage over poor access to government-provided health-care benefits. But it would be nice to see bipartisan outrage extend to another unfolding health-care scandal in this country: the 4.8 million people living under the poverty line who are eligible for Medicaid but won't get it because their state has refused Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. As appalling as the wait times are for VA care, the people living in states that refused the Medicaid expansion aren't just waiting too long for care. They're not getting it at all. They're going completely uninsured when federal law grants them comprehensive coverage.
There’s another scandal in American health care - Vox
Since the Affordable Care Act's passage, the laws opponents have outspent its supporters 15:1. And though the law beat enrollment expectations its launch was an extraordinarily high-profile disaster — so much so that the public still thinks Obamacare has fallen short of its sign-up goals.