By only halfheartedly embracing Obamacare, Idaho cut the number of people without health insurance by more than 25 percent. How many more people could be helped if state leaders stopped dragging their feet? Consider the case of Washington. Like Idaho, it established its own state-based health insurance exchange, thereby extending federal subsidies low-income families needed to afford coverage. For those hovering at or below the federal poverty line -- and therefore unable to afford private insurance -- Washington accepted Obamacare's offer to extend Medicaid coverage. Says the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner, both steps provided coverage to about 370,000 of Washington's 900,000 uninsured. Prior to Obamacare, Washington's uninsured rate was about 14 percent. Now it's down to 8.65 percent/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do you think its a good thing that Idaho's half-hearted insurance exchange has cut the number of people without health insurance by 25 percent?