Health Insurance Failure

Because health insurance is such a dire threat to the Republic, the Republican controlled House of Representatives was compelled to shut down the Federal government last Tuesday.  But the real disgrace stems from the Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion.  In 26 Republican controlled states the expansion was declined.  As a result, eight million people fall in the crack between lack of Medicaid and no ACA provision for subsidized insurance.  The New York Times editorializes about their own report:

It is outrageous that millions of the poorest people in the country will be denied health insurance because of decisions made mostly by Republican governors and legislators.

Update (October 13):  The Times with a follow up editorial about how the childless poor fall through the gaps in the safety net.

Update (November 1):  Paul Krugman marvels that those Republican controlled states are willing to pay a large price simply to maintain their "war on the poor".

Update (November 17):  The Washington Post editorializes against the "misguided opposition" of Republicans to Medicaid expansion.