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When it comes to health care in this country there are two Americas. And thanks to Republican interference Obamacare will not be able to help the most needy half.

Courtesy of HuffPo:

When it comes to the quality of health care, there are two Americas.

In one America, infant mortality, avoidable deaths, health-care costs and other measures are far worse than in the other America, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund, a health policy research firm. And thanks to Republican lawmakers and the Supreme Court, the gulf between them may only get wider.

The map below from the Commonwealth Fund shows the stark divide. States with the worst overall health care systems -- as measured by factors like the number of insured adults and children, avoidable emergency room visits and access to affordable care -- are dark blue. States with better health-care systems are white.

What's more, 16 of the 26 states at the bottom of the Commonwealth Fund’s scorecard aren’t expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Of course the states with the worst health care are red states, most of which will also not accept the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Leaving them with virtually no help until they vote the Republicans out, or the GOP starts to panic and change their policies in order to hang onto power.

Make no mistake these people are suffering for NO good reason other than a desire by the Republicans to obstruct the President and deny his ability to help the most vulnerable Americans in the country.

We need to rise up and vote these Kochsuckers out, and the time to do that is this year.

We CANNOT let this opportunity pass.

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