So why is that the rich who have no dog in the fight are the ones who vote on things that are essential to the poor? How does that make any sense?
I know ... Oregon was weird. They weren't getting enough people signed up on their plan, even going to benefit "fairs" and advertising for people to join. So they raised the wage level to encourage more people to join. That was "way back" before Obama was elected, IIRC. It was joked about on local conservative radio talk shows, at the time.
"We can't get enough poor people to enroll in the plan."
"I know! Let's increase the eligibility level, and get some middle class people on it. That will make our numbers look better, and justify our agency."
NOTE: Oregon's current cut off for adults is 138% of FPL ... for children up to 18, it is 300% of FPL.
So a single parent with one kid can make up to $46,600 and put their kid on the plan ... even though the parent can't be on it.