I was reading the most recent AEES Bulletin this morning, and in the article on “Washington State and the Affordable Health Care Act”, I came across this gem:
Many reforms are currently in place, but key benefits and programs take effect in 2014, including Washington’s new Health Exchange, federal subsidies to help 477,000 people afford health insurance, an expansion of Medicaid for 328,000 poor childless adults and the ban on insurance companies denying people coverage if they are sick.
I guess we dodged a bullet there. I mean, for a minute, I thought that whole “getting rid of the “free riders” B.S. the Demusocialists were paying lip service to was actually serious.
Just kidding.
Bonus question: If it doesn’t take effect until 2014, how do they know 477,000 will need that “assistance”? Why not 500,000? Why not 100,000? And the same goes for those poor childless adults. I mean, with welfare that includes career training, and the improving economy fueled by the growth in government, how is it they can be so certain that these people will still need that assistance?
The War On Poverty™. The one war that government has absolutely no interest in winning, but plenty of interest in waging, as long as it is waged with other people’s money.
Taxes, Stupidity, and Death 
Actually I think it will be 477,001. At least one person is sure to move to Washington, to take advantage of this.
But only one.
I don’t think “free riders” means what the liberals say it means…
Well, the “free riders” are the ones who obviously could afford to pay for someone else, since they had the money to pay for their own already. You know…more of that “shared sacrifice” discussed between bites of Kobe beef and an exquisite arugula salad.