ACA Hits Enrollment Goal

https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2015-Fact-sheets-items/2015-09-08.html

It's Working

Even in a purple state like Colorado, the Affordable Care Act has had the intended results. It's a shame so many Republican governors and legislators refuse to let this law help their most vulnerable citizens, too. But is it just me, or has the "Repeal Obamacare" drumbeat sort of died down now that the Republican presidential candidate herd has other interests to "Trump" the ACA?

According to the Colorado Health Access Survey, the state's uninsured rate fell from 14.3 percent in 2013 to 6.7 percent in 2015.

Let's Appeal to "Tea Party Dumb Asses"

To paraphrase Ken Buck, there's a lot of political mileage to be had from the "dumb ass" Tea Party crowd, especially if you're a state GOP Attorney General looking to keep a government job. How else to explain the same AGs suing the feds over Affordable Care Act  now piling on to Gov Jan Brewer's self-funded defense of SB 1070