State efforts to block Obamacare are working, study finds

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/state-efforts-block-obamacare-are-working-study-finds-2D11922402

States whose governments are hostile to Obamacare are also hindering efforts to get people signed up for health insurance, according to a study released Tuesday.

In addition, states such as Missouri, Montana, Texas and Florida have passed law restricting what navigators and others can ask and say in helping people enroll in health care. They're all states that have refused to expand Medicaid or to operate exchanges, forcing the federal government to step in and do it.

Rosenbaum’s team surveyed 606 out of the nation’s 1,198 federally qualified community health centers. They compared the answers from health centers in states that have embraced health reform to those that have been less welcoming. At least 19 states have passed laws that limit what navigators or other assisters may say and do, or that add hours of training and licensing requirements on top of what the federal governments asks.

“Health centers in restrictive states reported approximately half the staffing capacity maintained by health centers in full implementation states,” the report reads.

“The significantly lower rate of plan enrollment assistance suggests that the regulatory burdens created by navigator laws are affecting not only the work of certified navigators but community outreach and enrollment efforts more generally,” the report concludes.

[giftedgirl77]

1. Obstructing the implementation of a federal mandate

should be illegal. This is bullshit & the only people being hurt are the uninsured.

[jwirr]

2. These people are the so selfish it is not even funny. If I lived in their state I would NEVER forget

what they have done. Greed is a sin.