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Related: About this forumWhat it's costing Ohio to ignore health insurance exchanges
Progress Ohio posted this information today on the cost of NOT participating in health insurance. Kasich and Mary Taylor have claimed that setting up the insurance exchanges would cost too much money. However, by waiting, they have passed up large federal grants that would help PAY for the exchanges.
The blog post at Progress Ohio includes a chart showing the grant money that has gone to five neighboring states, and the pittance that has come Ohio's way.
http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2012/07/while-governor-dithers-ohio-neighbors-rake-in-aca-exchange-dollars.html#more
This isn't governing. This is stupidity, plain and simple, and the people of Ohio pay dearly.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)If a state chooses not to create an exchange, then the residents may participate in the federal exchange.
I'm guessing the federal exchange would be better than an Ohio exchange, since it would be a bigger pool with more choices.
Does that make sense to anybody? I understand there is grant money to be had, but I feel like the federal exchange might be a better choice. Especially with Kasich in office, he might create the exchange but then deliberately try to make it crappy so nobody will like it.
I kind of trust the federal government to better quality work at this point instead of giving control to the state gov't.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)And the stupid voters of Ohio with (R)s next to their name are getting screwed just as badly as they wished.