The Medicaid rider in SB 1 was added to prevent Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. However, the rider leaves the door to expansion open and should therefore be struck from SB 1.
Bankrupt by Free Health Insurance
As the federal government is seeking to expand the Obama Affordable Care Act by extending subsidies and giving more people coverage, bankruptcies linked to medical debt have not fallen. Instead, they have risen. Most Americans filing for bankruptcy over medical bills have medical insurance. The Affordable Care Act failed to cure medical bankruptcies. A 2019...