R. Neal wrote
I'm wondering if that includes people who have income that would qualify them for Medicaid under federal guidelines but can't get it because it is not offered in their state, like in Tennessee.

We've reviewed most of these reports and I seem to recall that the Kaiser study does include anyone up to 140 percent of "poverty level," regardless of their state's decision on participating in optional Medicaid expansion.

I find it ironic that the KFF knows whether I will be eligible for a subsidy when even I don't know what my income will be next year.

Maybe this is an admission that the middle class really HAS disappeared.

On a serious note, does anyone know how healthcare.gov deals with people with irregular incomes? Becky?.... Bubba?.... Bueller...?

I was under the impression that the next wave of challenges to the ACA would come from a glitch in the legislation the excluded citizens from the states that chose not to expand medicaid from receiving the subsidies. Was I a victim of still more misinformation?

I've heard that too, Bob, and it seems like a cruel hoax. And what if someone loses their low paying job 2/3 way through the year and becomes too poor to be eligible for subsidies? Is the IRS going to come back at them? Talk about adding insult to injury. Blood, turnips, etc.