Can the Constitution go bankrupt? Can it become too expensive to afford?

Dumb questions? Of course.

I have a reason for asking them, though. A couple of people have made comments that “the ACA quickly went bankrupt,” and “Obamacare is too expensive to afford.”

Obamacare is just a set of laws governing all insurance companies. It is not some sort of insurance provider itself. It can’t go bankrupt, it can’t become to expensive. It’s just an ideal, like the Constitution.

Also, all states have, in some way or another, provided state-funded insurance for those who qualify. It’s called Medicare and Medicaid. Sometimes states give them different names. Kansas calls their medicare “Kancare.”
Obama didn’t invent those. They’ve been around since the 60’s.

The ACA provided federal funding assistance for any state that would expend their existing Medicare coverage to help cover those who wouldn’t qualify before. However, Republican states (like Kansas) refused to do it, refused the funding, so nothing has changed for the poorer people here. They’re falling through the cracks like they always have. And the money the Federal government set aside for them is still sitting there, unused.

However, the Democratic states did expand their existing medicare coverage and it has been a lifeline for many millions of people who didn’t qualify for state funded insurance before.

And if you have health insurance of any kind you “have” Obamacare.