Vance claims Trump 'salvaged' Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
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When Trump was president, Republicans fought to repeal the health insurance program.

When Trump was president, Republicans fought to repeal the health insurance program.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance claimed Tuesday night — in contradiction of history — that his running mate, former President Donald Trump, “salvaged Obamacare,” the health insurance program that Trump tried to kill.

During the vice presidential debate on CBS against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vance, a senator from Ohio, echoed Trump’s own recent revisionism. But the assertion also served to remind voters that Democrats ultimately won the yearslong political fight over expanding access to health insurance: The Republican ticket no longer wants to repeal the 2010 law.

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  • sparky1337@ttrpg.network
    4·
    2 months ago

    I can’t quite remember all the details, but since my friend was still living with his parents he had to pay for the “catastrophic” insurance since he was over 26 and didn’t work with a company that offered anything. He might have been unemployed at that point. I think it was only $75/mo or so but I wonder if he just filled out the form wrong.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      From Healthcare.gov (the ACA, aka Obamacare, website):

      "Medicaid expansion & what it means for you. Some states have expanded their Medicaid programs to cover all people with household incomes below a certain level. Others haven’t. Whether you qualify for Medicaid coverage depends partly on whether your state has expanded its program.

      • In all states: You can qualify for Medicaid based on income, household size, disability, family status, and other factors. Eligibility rules differ between states.
      • In states that have expanded Medicaid coverage: You can qualify based on your income alone. If your household income is below 133% of the federal poverty level, you qualify. (Because of the way this is calculated, it turns out to be 138% of the federal poverty level. A few states use a different income limit.)

      …AND…

      “If your income is low and your state hasn’t expanded Medicaid: If your state hasn’t expanded Medicaid, your income is below the federal poverty level, and you don’t qualify for Medicaid under your state’s current rules, you won’t qualify for either health insurance savings program: Medicaid coverage or savings on a private health plan bought through the Marketplace.”

      source

      States were given money when the ACA was implemented to expand the Medicaid. Many red states turned that money down choosing to let their poor residents continue to not get any healthcare coverage. Was that your friend’s state?

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        Oh I had thought my state expanded Medicaid but during the pandemic I was rejected for having savings despite being on unemployment

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          It’s so frustrating when you get shafted for being financially responsible. I had a severe malignant melanoma removed and the Dr’s association refused to accept less than $200 per month payment after they saw I had an emergency fund in the bank.

          At the time I was making $36k per year and my wife was in school, so negative income. $200 per month would have ruined our lives. So I told them they’d never see a penny and took the huge credit hit.