The Emergence of Red and Blue Versions of Obamacare

Two Americas on Health Care, and Danger of Further Division from the New York Times
"The law was devised to pump federal dollars into poorer states, where lots of residents were uninsured. Many tended to be Republican-leaning. But the court rulings, if upheld, could leave only the richer, Democratic states with the federal dollars and broad insurance coverage. States that opted out of optional portions of the law could see little improvement in coverage and even economic damage. “It will be essentially health reform for blue states,” said John Holahan, a health policy fellow at the Urban Institute, a research group."