Off the Kuff responds to Erin Meredith, a self-described 5th generation Republican voter who now has health insurance coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act.  Meredith considered the Act as  just another wasteful government handout, until she desperately needed coverage because of her family’s financial situation and a debilitating medical condition.  She asked Kuffner what might happen if the Supreme Court torpedoes Obamacare, wondering “if Greg Abbott, our governor, has any plan to offer something comparable?”

Kuffner delivers a dose of perhaps too harsh reality for a voter who has been duped into voting for a party that could not care less about the fate of her and her family.

Dear Erin Meredith,

The answer is no, he does not. Although this is the rare lawsuit against the Obama administration for which Greg Abbott is not among the plaintiffs, it is his fondest wish for Obamacare to die a bloody death, and if this lawsuit helps make that happen, then nothing will make him happier. If that means that you and your family will suffer as a result, well, that’s just too bad. Greg Abbott doesn’t care, and doesn’t have any intention of helping you. You’re on your own, as far as he’s concerned. Neither do Dan Patrick or Ken Paxton, and neither did Rick Perry while he was Governor. In fact, Rick Perry recently claimed that the reason people like you didn’t have health insurance before now is because that the way you wanted it. It’s his justification for why he never pushed to provide anything like the subsidies for insurance you now receive. Greg Abbott feels the same way. It’s your fault, and you don’t deserve any assistance for it.

Ouch!