House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released an Obamacare replacement plan on Wednesday that, among other things, complains that the ACA leaves people out. In many states, some low-income people are eligible neither for Medicaid, a public health-care program for the poor, nor for Obamacare subsidies, which help those higher up the income scale buy private plans. Ryan’s document rightly points out that this coverage gap is a major failure. Then it blames the gap on “Obamacare’s poor design and incentives.”
This is an outrageous distortion. The coverage gap is not a design glitch. It is the direct result of anti-Obamacare hysteria in Ryan’s party.
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