Sunday, September 27, 2020

Obama

President Obama was a charismatic, handsome man with great oratory skills. He was a good father and husband and all around nice guy. When Obama was elected the democrats controlled both chambers of 27 states and when he left that number was 13. They also lost 13 Governorship's. On a federal level the senate went from 60 to 46 and the house shrunk from 257 to 188. Probably more important Obama left open 88 district and 17 court of appeals positions which Trump quickly filled. His main accomplishment was Obamacare and about 22 million were insured at the start in 2014 but since then the cost have risen to where most who remain are low income who receive free coverage. There are still almost 30 million uninsured even with Obamacare. One important aspect of Obamacare was the change in Medicaid which allowed single adults to participate. These were low income people many of whom joined after they were sick since there are no pre-existing conditions in Medicaid. If the court rules that Obamcare is unconstitutional these people will likely move into Medicaid.

No comments:

Post a Comment