Affordable Health Care Law

[mrs.b]

I'll pass that on to the resident HR professional, Mrs. B. :p

But, the poor shouldn't have to purchase health insurance because they now qualify for Medicaid. There are states, including my own unfortunately, that have refused to expand Medicaid.

Wait, what? HR hat doesn't equate to tax expert! My non-expert assumption would be they won't, just like no one tracks them down and makes them report incoming earnings each April 15th for panhandling or under-the-table day labor jobs. ...But that's just my uneducated guess. So yeah, it does not appear that ACA will help that category of poor all that much, nor will it protect the rest of us from the impact of their unpaid emergency room medical bills.

I'm keeping my personal opinions of ACA to myself, mind. Just arguing the impact on me, personally, as a consumer, with a minor mention of explaining to my lovely group of worker-bees I've helped navigate the oh-so-murky waters of ACA.