In a study released Friday of the four most populated states, the Commonwealth Fund found that citizens of Texas and Florida reported significantly higher numbers of uninsured than New York and California. The health care think tank attributed this differential mostly to the fact that New York and California, both Democratic controlled states, expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare, while Texas and Florida, both Republican controlled states, did not. They also noted that New York and California set up their own healthcare exchanges in contrast to Texas and Florida.
Across the country’s four largest states, uninsured rates vary for adults ages 19 to 64: 12 percent of New Yorkers, 17 percent of Californians, 21 percent of Floridians, and 30 percent of Texans lacked health coverage in 2014. Differences also extend to the proportion of residents reporting problems getting needed care because of cost, which was significantly lower in New York and California compared with Florida and Texas. Similarly, lower percentages of New Yorkers and Californians reported having a medical bill problem in the past 12 months or having accrued medical debt compared with Floridians and Texans.
California's adult
uninsured rate in 2009, before the ACA began taking effect, was 26.6%. The rate of
uninsured adults in New York for 2008 was 19%.
By comparison the rate of uninsured adults in Texas in 2009 was 30% while the rate of uninsured adults in Florida was about 21%.
So since the Affordable Care Act has gone into effect California's adult uninsured rate has dropped by almost 10% and New York's rate dropped 7%. During the same time Texas and Florida's uninsured rates remained basically unchanged.
Two things seem crystal clear: Obamacare is working and Republican states are screwing over their own citizens out of spite and hatred for the President.