Partisans

December 14, 2012 -- The New York Times reports that states with Republican governors are refusing to set up health insurance exchanges as mandated by Obama's Affordable Care Act. Why? Because they would rather see the Democratic President's Act fail than their citizens receive health care. It's partisan politics at its worst.

California has been working on its own exchange for a couple of years and it will come to life soon. It will be good for me because at last I will be able to shop around for my health insurance, comparing prices and benefits. It will be good for millions of uninsured people because, in addition to showing what's available, it will reveal what subsidies and assistance programs there are.

When people in those Republican-governor states see how their elected representatives are working against them, let's hope they vote differently -- in their own self-interest -- thenceforth. It's time to end the partisan self-destruction.

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