Evidently Gov. Bullock and the Democratic Party think that the federal government is some abstract entity that exists somewhere in La-La Land. When in reality, Medicaid is federally expanded medical care for those who cannot afford medical insurance for themselves or their family, since they are below the poverty line in wage earnings. 

But those who are single and below the poverty line in comparable wages should not be eligible for Medicaid. Isn’t this what the great Affordable Health Care package (commonly called Obamacare) was all about? 

Those who cannot afford insurance can purchase it from the federal exchange, so why do we need to expand Medicaid, Gov. Bullock? Those who are disabled be it physical or mental should be eligible for Medicaid, but those who are healthy and are working should not be eligible for Medicaid and should have to apply for subsidies from the federal government, which by the way is you and me, the Good Old American Taxpayer. 

So therein lies the conundrum. But if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor and if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance and it will save you $2,500 a year for a family of four and it won’t cost you one dime! Sound familiar? 

But also remember this: “ A government that fears the people is a government worth keeping, but a government that the people fear is tyranny.” So spoke Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. —Jim Garvey, Kalispell