Health & Fitness
Debunking the Headlines
People are concerned after headlines read ”Walker sending a letter to 90,000 people kicking them off BadgerCare,” and special interest groups attacking the legislature for turning away “money we are entitled too.”
Wisconsin has a balanced budget, Washington D.C. does not. As a state we use hard earned tax dollars and reliable numbers to provide Wisconsinites certainty in their tax liabilities and certainty in our government programs, especially healthcare.
Under the state budget, state run Medicaid is reserved for Wisconsin’s neediest providing healthcare for residents at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level. The state budget expands the number of people with health insurance, and lacking another economic downturn or disaster we are able to pay the bills.
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The Obamacare Affordable Care Act (ACA) was sold as affordable healthcare for all. The state accepts that President Obama and his administration has made the promise to the American people and President Obama needs to fulfill his promise, or tell the American people that he cannot fulfill the promise.
It is not time for state government to step in and put Obamacare on life support, try to make it work, and stick it to Wisconsin taxpayers to pay for it.
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We already have President Obama breaking his promise to children and families for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
A September 23, 2013 USA Today article reveals the ACA requires employers provide affordable health insurance options to employees, and employees are required to pay up to 9.5 percent of the employee’s income for the supposed affordable care.
While employees will be able to obtain healthcare and pay up to 9.5 percent of the employee’s income for the healthcare, the article reveals the healthcare does not include family members. The result is many families are ineligible for subsidies and face up to $15,700 in healthcare costs through the exchanges. With the incredible ACA price tag and the incredible federal debt, will the federal government demand more tax dollars from the American people to fix the supposed ACA family error?
