Affordable Care Act And Snowbirds

Gale Hawkins wrote:
I wonder how long it will take for Medicare, VA, etc get replaced with ACA? Especially the VA which is a huge first party provider of free medical care of all types. It is very expensive operation that is in expansion mode I have been told by some who work at one VA hospital.

These programs cover groups of people who tend to be more pro-active in exercising their voting rights. I maintain that's the main reason Congress has never had the intestinal fortitude to go after the big expensive programs, whether they're SS, VA, Medicare, Medicad or Defense, Education, etc. From all appearances Obamacare seems to follow this theme by shifting a lot of the financial burden to the younger, less pro-active voters. Time will tell how well that works, but I suspect as they age they'll be a LOT more pro-active voters.