The State of Florida Having a Series of Tough Times with Obamacare

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is having a devil of a time with the Affordable Care Act.

For one thing, he’s not now, nor has he ever been, a fan of it. For another, he spent an embarrassing amount of time hauling out fudged math in order to maintain his already shaky position on Medicaid expansion.

Now, as it turns out, the state of Florida is set to fail at another aspect of the ACA: providing health benefits to part-time employees.

As Jeffrey Young at the Huffington Post points out, “Currently, Florida law doesn’t allow the state to provide health benefits to its part-time employees. That’s not going to fly under Obamacare, which requires employers to offer health insurance to anyone who works at least 30 hours a week or pay penalties to offset the cost of the federal government subsidizing their coverage.”

This means that Florida, under the leadership of the aforementioned Gov. Rick Scott, who already isn’t keen on Obamacare, will have to make some pretty significant changes to its health insurance program. “Significant” in this case can also be a synonym for “expensive.”

Good luck out there, Governor Scott. Make sure someone checks your math.