http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/23/1308993/-Major-cities-could-see-big-drops-in-uninsured-increase-in-revenue-with-Medicaid-nbsp-expansion?detail=email
Some of the nation's largest cities could reduce their uninsured population by more than half if their state lawmakers would relent and accept Medicaid expansion funding under Obamacare. That's the conclusion of a new study from the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The study looked at 14 diverse, large cities, seven of which are in states that are expanding. The number of uninsured people in those cities should drop by an average of 57 percent. In the non-expansion states, that decline will average 30 percent. Detroit, in expansion state Michigan, will see a 66 percent drop while Atlanta, will see just a 25 percent reduction. That speaks to the significance of the "woodwork" effect—people who discover they're eligible for Medicaid through the application process for insurance and through stepped-up outreach efforts. But those cities are missing out.
The cities that are really being hurt: Memphis, Miami, and Philadelphia where more than half of the population in each would be eligible for Medicaid after expansion. The pain goes beyond the people left uninsured, the report concludes, and has larger social and economic ramifications as well.
why are we not hearing the rumbling of discontent how do these people lay down while their elected ones deny them health care just to stick it to Obama, news flash he has plenty of insurance not affected at all they don't and are impacted 100%. where is the noise why are they even allowing the party to exist in their states, are they that far gone on republican concentration? G W Bush, "you can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on", need I say more, or should they change the channel more?
