User Clip: Rep. Yarmuth (D-KY) on Why Some Counties Have Poor Coverage Under the ACA and How to Fix It

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) explains that many of the counties with one or even no insurance providers had this problem long before the ACA. They are often lower income, older populations that don't present a lucrative market to insurance companies..

The solution was co-op programs but these were defunded in many states by Republicans. The answer is a 'public option of sorts' that coule be run through various vehicles, including opening up the federal employees benefits plan, allowing people to buy into medicaid/medicare, or creating something completely new. close