ACA Hits 20 Million | National Catholic Reporter

ACA Hits 20 Million | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: Numbers are never news, problems are.  Sadly, there are items that require legislative correction that won't be addressed because of the intransigence of the Republicans and their donors.  One of these is employer mandate - which needs language to exclude workers who are insured elsewhere,  say, through their spouses and parents or Medicaid.  That would limit the problem the low wage worker industries (restuarants, theaters, etc) who need coverage and give it to those who need it but still don't have the money for the individual exchanges. A second area is the language on subsidies for exchanges that is in legal dispute.  Third is the situation of families like mine, where one spouse gets health care for themselves and possibly the children, but who cannot afford adding the other spouse - due to money or their pre-existing condition or the imminense of divorce. In many cases (like mine), the total family income is too high to get a subsidy and the second spouse cannot afford insurance because they have no job or a minimum wage job whiled not being eligible for the subsidy.  The ability to split a family without making it official by one person moving out may not be feasible for the uninsured person would make it possible for more people to get insurance.