Back in 2009-2010, I had discussed that the Democratic Congress had a built in “explosion” date of 2017 for Obamacare. It was designed to hurt us the most just when Obama left office.
Here is some of the things I discussed back then. This is from the year 2010:
6. Burdening State Budgets: The reconciliation bill ensures that the federal government will cover the expansion of Medicaid benefits in all 50 states until 2017. Federal matching rates will decrease from 100% in 2017 to 93% in 2019, resting permanently there. Moreover, the 100% federal match rate does not include administrative costs, which will accrue a cost to the states of $9.6 billion between 2014 and 2019. The healthcare reconciliation bill further adds to several states’ new costs by changing Medicaid funding formulas.
This is one reason I hate politics so much. It’s designed to screw the other guy and the taxpayers with no cost to those who implemented it.