MN Gov says ObamaCare “no longer affordable”

Source: The Resurgent | September 13, 2016 | Brian Sikma

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton (D) on Wednesday became the first Democratic governor in the country, according to the Associated Press, to admit that ObamaCare isn’t working. “The reality is the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable for increasing numbers of people,” Dayton said at an event where he address concerns over Minnesota’s health insurance exchange. The exchange nearly collapsed earlier this year and consumers in Minnesota are facing massive premium increases this year.

Dayton was held up by some liberals, particularly in neighboring Wisconsin, as a model governor for his full embrace and implementation of ObamaCare, including the establishment of a state exchange, MNSure, and a Medicaid expansion funded by ObamaCare.

The Minnesota governor didn’t blame his state’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act for recent woes, instead laying the blame at the feet of the Obama Administration and a Congress that rushed to enact the landmark regulatory expansion in 2009. “It’s got some serious blemishes right now and serious deficiencies,” he said.

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