A Sea of Uncertainty: Obama's Healthcare Expansion

A sea of uncertainty. That describes many U.S. states concerning whether or not they will expand President Obama's Medicaid programs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/us/governors-face-hard-choices-over-medicaid-expansion.html?pagewanted=1&ref=us

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/business/medicaids-new-tug-of-war-economic-view.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fnational%2Findex.jsonp

If you read the two articles above, or just about anything recent concerning the President's Medicaid expansion, you will quickly find out that it is causing a lot of controversy. A lot of Governors are completely opposed to the idea of this whole expansion, one of the reasons being that it takes too much money away from their budget. There are a lot who approve of the whole thing. And then there's the group that basically has no idea whether they should enact the expansion or not.

And you can bet this is no easy decision. Governors, as you probably know, are depended on by a lot of people. People in the state that they govern. But no matter what the people say, the governor has to make the decision his or herself. They are supposed to make the choice that they believe will be the best for their state. But as you can see, people have far different opinions as to what they think will be the best option.

While I personally would love to approve of this idea just because I like it, doesn't mean that's going to happen. I can see how this would majorly strain a state's budget, because most states can barely get by as it is. Look at the link below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamacare-twice-as-much-as-estimated/2012/03/26/gIQACSZncS_blog.html

You will see how expensive this whole ordeal is. $1.76 TRILLION! That price is the total for all states. That's a lot of money, don't you think? That is a major expense, and I would certainly think twice before expanding the healthcare into my state if I knew the total cost of it. So I can see how people are having second thoughts about it.

However, there are millions of uninsured Americans, and they do need help. That's why Obama came up with this program, supposedly in an effort to help them out. Health insurance is one of the basic things that everyone should have, and there is no way this country can get anywhere if there are a large amount of people suffering like this. It just doesn't make any sense to me.

So I ask you: Do you think it's worth it to expand the healthcare to all states? Do you think this program is a good idea at all?

If not, then suggest a way that you think the government could help out the poor, uninsured people.