Paul Krugman: Lousy Medicaid Arguments

For now, the big news about Obamacare is the debacle of HealthCare.gov, the Web portal through
which Americans are supposed to buy insurance on the new health care exchanges. For now, at
least, HealthCare.gov isn’t working for many users.

It’s important to realize, however, that this botch has nothing to do with the law’s substance, and
will get fixed. After all, a number of states have successfully opened their own exchanges, doing for
their residents exactly what the federal system is supposed to do everywhere else. Connecticut’s
exchange is working fine, as is Kentucky’s. New York, after some early problems, seems to be
getting there. So, a bit more slowly, does California.