I've heard a different version of why the Medicaid benefits were temporary instead of permanent, where the blame fell more on the GOP. I actually am not sure it matters or which is most accurate. The question being whether our hard earned Federal tax dollar should allow more people to have health insurance at an affordable cost, or whether they should either be on their own in the expensive private insurance market or have an employer with health insurance benefits and group rates. It seems like the voters have wanted the ACA in a majority.

The GOP has proposed a better plan for affordable insurance, but I take it as vague talk.

But it is political theater. The GOP hasn't hesitated to cut taxes and spend money on the military and border security to grow the large national debt to a new record, but we quibble about this.