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alp227

(32,047 posts) Fri Dec 22, 2017, 10:50 PM Dec 2017

More than 4 in 5 enrolled in Obamacare are in Trump states

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans in states that Donald Trump carried in his march to the White House account for more than 4 in 5 of those signed up for coverage under the health care law the president still wants to take down.

An Associated Press analysis of new figures from the government found that 7.3 million of the 8.8 million consumers signed up so far for next year come from states Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. The four states with the highest number of sign-ups — Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, accounting for nearly 3.9 million customers — were all Trump states.

“There’s politics, and then there’s taking care of yourself and your family,” said analyst Chris Sloan of the consulting firm Avalere Health. “You can have political views about a program like the Affordable Care Act, but when you get an opportunity to get subsidized health insurance for you and your family ... politics is a distant consideration.”

AP’s analysis found that 11 states beat 2017?s enrollment figures. Of them, eight —Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming— went for Trump, who posted double-digit victories in all but Iowa.

Read more: https://apnews.com/a1c626753d1941148cf4a38abad388bb/More-than-4-in-5-enrolled-in-'Obamacare'-are-in-Trump-states

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More than 4 in 5 enrolled in Obamacare are in Trump states (Original Post) alp227 Dec 2017 OP

Doubt they will be able to afford it in a year. roamer65 Dec 2017 #1

They will be volstork Dec 2017 #2

if they voted for Trump and need ACA, they are fucking IDIOTS Skittles Dec 2017 #3

To be totally honest.......... SergeStorms Dec 2017 #9

The Dems better use this as a key talking point during midterms! BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #4

Partly because MOST states are Trump states RandomAccess Dec 2017 #5

Not only that, but the 8.8 million figure only includes states that didn't set up their own exchange progree Dec 2017 #7

Kentucky is a red state, for the moment Corgigal Dec 2017 #6

Good More_Cowbell Dec 2017 #8

.. roamer65 Dec 2017 #12

Anyone who voted for the Orange asshole treestar Dec 2017 #10

They are in Trump states but are they in blue areas within the state? SharonClark Dec 2017 #11

roamer65

(36,747 posts)

1. Doubt they will be able to afford it in a year.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:44 PM

Dec 2017

I suspect the premium increases will be 20-30 pct with the mandate gone.

volstork

(5,403 posts)

2. They will be

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:48 PM

Dec 2017

in for a rude awakening.

Skittles

(153,174 posts)

3. if they voted for Trump and need ACA, they are fucking IDIOTS

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 12:37 AM

Dec 2017

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)

9. To be totally honest..........

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 04:29 AM

Dec 2017

they are fucking idiots for voting for Trump whether they depended on the ACA or not. If they did need the ACA and voted for Trump they're extra special idiots. No doubt about it.

BigmanPigman

(51,623 posts)

4. The Dems better use this as a key talking point during midterms!

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 12:38 AM

Dec 2017

We need to run as the party who opposes pedophiles, tax cuts for the rich and health insurance that is no longer available (as well as planned GOP Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security cuts). To top it off add anything RUSSIAN to the agenda and we will have a great campaign. Of course knocking on doors to get people to VOTE is a must!

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

5. Partly because MOST states are Trump states

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 12:42 AM

Dec 2017

Our voters are mostly in the cities; Trump's are in the rural states with less population than one of our major cities.

progree

(10,911 posts)

7. Not only that, but the 8.8 million figure only includes states that didn't set up their own exchange

Reply to RandomAccess (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 01:17 AM

Dec 2017

s, and most of those are red states (it was predominantly blue states that set up state exchanges like highly populous California and New York). The 8.8 million is just those that signed up via healthcare.gov.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141945246#post6

Also from the article linked to in the OP:

Unexpectedly strong enrollment numbers announced this week for the 39 states served by the federal HealthCare.gov website testify to consumer demand for the program and its guarantee that people with medical problems can’t be turned away. Yet those numbers still lag behind last season’s sign-up total.

It’s unclear what the final count for next year will be. HealthCare.gov numbers released Thursday are incomplete, and some states running their own insurance websites will continue enrolling people throughout January.

Here are 10 states with state exchanges. There must be one more, since 39 states are served by healthcare.gov, leaving 11 that aren't, but this is a list of the 10 that had extended deadlines (beyond Dec 15)

California: November 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Colorado: November 1, 2017 - January 12, 2018
Connecticut: November 1, 2017 - December 22, 2017
District of Columbia: November 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Maryland: November 1, 2017 - December 22, 2017
Massachusetts: November 1, 2017 - January 23, 2018
Minnesota: November 1, 2017 - January 14, 2018
New York: November 1, 2017 - January 31, 2018
Rhode Island: November 1, 2017 - December - 31, 2017
Washington: November 1, 2017 - January 15, 2018"

On Edit: oops, The District of Columbia isn't a state, so the above list is apparently missing two states with state exchanges.