More than 15 million people in the states of Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, are affected by their governors refusal to opt in to the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
A study by The Commonwealth Fund has found that many of these states have among the highest rates of uninsured or underinsured people in the country. The study aslo says, “Without Medicaid expansion, this vulnerable group will remain at high risk for access, health, and financial problems.”
Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government pays 100 percent of the costs of the state’s expansion for the first year, and most states wouldn’t pay more than 10 percent in future years. The Affordable Care Act was written under the assumption that all states would be expanding Medicaid, but a Supreme Court decision ruled that states could opt out. That means many people in those states won’t only be missing out on Medicaid, they also won’t qualify for premium subsidies under the law.
“In states that do not expand Medicaid, those with income below poverty will have no new options available,” the study said.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/09/3424629/florida-medicaid-charlene-dill/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/30/1287923/-GOP-s-Obamacare-spite-means-death-toll-for-red-states
Governor;
In March 2014, Charlene Dill, a resident of the state of Florida, collapsed and died due to an illness that could have been controlled, had she been able to afford medical care. Unfortunately, Florida is one of the states that opted out of the free Medicaid expansion offered by the government.
The selfishness you exhibit by not accepting government help is a detriment to the citizens of your state living at or below poverty level. Many more will die if something is not done.
The people who have signed this petition are asling that you opt in NOW.
