Obamacare coverage gap....

[Sunshine]

As we spoke about South Carolina's sign-up process, I realized I was explaining some unwelcome news: Yvonne is not eligible for any assistance toward buying health insurance.

Let me try to explain: In a state that has chosen not to expand Medicaid, Yvonne is in the staggering position of now making too much money to qualify for Medicaid, and too little to obtain subsidies through the Affordable Care Act.

This wasn't how it was supposed to go down for Yvonne and others like her all over the country. When you imagine the people likely to benefit the most from the Affordable Care Act, you probably think of someone just like her.

By obtaining a real job with enough income, Yvonne has disqualified herself from her state's Medicaid program. But in order to qualify for subsidies in South Carolina, she needs to get above the poverty line, and she is not quite there. Yvonne and an estimated 7 million others now find themselves in a coverage gap.

Obamacare's coverage gap: The poor caught in between - CNN.com

 

[theDoctorisIn]

You can thank Nikki Haley and the Republicans in SC for that.

 

[Sunshine]

You can thank Nikki Haley and the Republicans in SC for that.

Link? Or are you exempt. Being as you are blue and all.

 

[Greenbeard]

You can thank Nikki Haley and the Republicans in SC for that.

Link? Or are you exempt. Being as you are blue and all.

Try your own link. Start with the sentence that begins "In a state that has chosen not to expand Medicaid...".

 

[theDoctorisIn]

You can thank Nikki Haley and the Republicans in SC for that.

Link? Or are you exempt. Being as you are blue and all.

Did you bother to read your own article, or just the headline?

The coverage "gap" exists only in states that have refused to expand their Medicare coverage in response to the Supreme Court decision on Obamacare.

 

[auditor0007]

As we spoke about South Carolina's sign-up process, I realized I was explaining some unwelcome news: Yvonne is not eligible for any assistance toward buying health insurance.

Let me try to explain: In a state that has chosen not to expand Medicaid, Yvonne is in the staggering position of now making too much money to qualify for Medicaid, and too little to obtain subsidies through the Affordable Care Act.

This wasn't how it was supposed to go down for Yvonne and others like her all over the country. When you imagine the people likely to benefit the most from the Affordable Care Act, you probably think of someone just like her.

By obtaining a real job with enough income, Yvonne has disqualified herself from her state's Medicaid program. But in order to qualify for subsidies in South Carolina, she needs to get above the poverty line, and she is not quite there. Yvonne and an estimated 7 million others now find themselves in a coverage gap.

Obamacare's coverage gap: The poor caught in between - CNN.com

Well, we know why this happened. Now these states will still have a good number of people going to the emergency room for their care.