the perverse situation in states that don't expand medicaid is that it's people with lowest incomes who can't afford insurance without financial help who will be left without options. medicaid is a joint state/federal program and the law was written in a way that required states to expand their program. then the supreme court reversed that piece of the law making it optional for states and a number of governors/state legislatures chose not to expand.
what are those who live in states that didn't participate in the health exchange supposed to do for health care access? . especially when they can't afford insurance even with a subsidy and/or are unemployed. why wasn't medicaid opened nationally where those like me that still can't afford healthcare at a discounted price would still be able to get medicaid regardless of what some of our governors didn't do but should have?