Obamacare has significant impact

“You’ll notice in fiscal year 2015 there’s quite a significant decrease,” Catastrophic Health Care Fund board Chairman Roger Christensen told lawmakers on the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning. It’s a trend the state is welcoming; both the case load and state payments have fallen precipitously since close to 100,000 Idahoans signed up for health insurance on the Your Health Idaho insurance exchange, the vast majority of them receiving subsidies to make the plans more affordable. “This has been probably more successful than anyone anticipated,” Christensen said. “77,000 Idaho individuals signed up that qualified for the subsidies,” and another 10,000 bought plans on the exchange last year without subsidies; those numbers have since grown. Many of those might otherwise have turned to the CAT fund, Christensen said/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

Question: It’s all Obama’s fault, right?