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President Obama only won about 32% of the Idaho vote in 2012 but-----but even Idahoans see the advantages of implementing Obamacare and-----and check it out, the major driver for Obamacare in Idaho is the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry.
"On Election Night, Bill McCarrel Jr. watched teary-eyed residents crowd into his historic bar, The Gathering Place, after President Barack Obama won a second term. His customers worried aloud about losing access to their guns and having to accept the federal health law that many revile as socialized medicine.
Like most people in this fiercely Republican state, McCarrel opposes Obamacare -- even though he's uninsured and cant find affordable coverage as a result of his artificial hip and knees. But the former junior high principal is looking forward to shopping on the Obamacare online insurance exchange starting in October to see if he can get a plan he could afford.
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Blue Cross of Idaho has already launched a web site called GetcoveredIdaho.com to publicize the new exchange and plans to work with community groups, local colleges and the states library system to promote it. Spokeswoman Karen Early said that like residents in most states, Idahoans are confused about how the exchange will work.
If the exchange is successful, proponents -- including some Republican lawmakers and employers -- say it could help persuade skeptical lawmakers to expand Medicaid, the other central piece of Obamacare, expected to come up again next year.
Rep. Fred Wood, a retired emergency room physician who heads the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee, says lawmakers came to the realization this spring they could no longer fight Obamacare. The fact is, that gig is up and its going to happen, so let's make sure we do it our way, not someone elses way, he says."
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President Obama only won about 32% of the Idaho vote in 2012 but-----but even Idahoans see the advantages of implementing Obamacare and-----and check it out, the major driver for Obamacare in Idaho is the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry.
"On Election Night, Bill McCarrel Jr. watched teary-eyed residents crowd into his historic bar, The Gathering Place, after President Barack Obama won a second term. His customers worried aloud about losing access to their guns and having to accept the federal health law that many revile as socialized medicine.
Like most people in this fiercely Republican state, McCarrel opposes Obamacare -- even though he's uninsured and cant find affordable coverage as a result of his artificial hip and knees. But the former junior high principal is looking forward to shopping on the Obamacare online insurance exchange starting in October to see if he can get a plan he could afford.
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Blue Cross of Idaho has already launched a web site called GetcoveredIdaho.com to publicize the new exchange and plans to work with community groups, local colleges and the states library system to promote it. Spokeswoman Karen Early said that like residents in most states, Idahoans are confused about how the exchange will work.
If the exchange is successful, proponents -- including some Republican lawmakers and employers -- say it could help persuade skeptical lawmakers to expand Medicaid, the other central piece of Obamacare, expected to come up again next year.
Rep. Fred Wood, a retired emergency room physician who heads the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee, says lawmakers came to the realization this spring they could no longer fight Obamacare. The fact is, that gig is up and its going to happen, so let's make sure we do it our way, not someone elses way, he says."
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