Comment preview: Absolutely nothing. 1. The affordable care act is already law, and much of the money funding the act is "mandatory spending." ELI5 - a government shutdown or "defund Obamacare" bill would not impact it. 2. The senate is poised to take up a bill from the ho ....

Comment preview: Okay I'm going to go ahead and copy and paste a post from /u/10over6 from an ELI5 thread that does a solid job of summing up what Obamacare does and then link the most complete explanation of exactly what Obamacare is that I have ever heard, posted by /u/C ....

Comment preview: I don't have anything to add about your friend that people haven't said, but here's the ELI5 explanation of insurance via the ACA. You don't "qualify" or "not qualify" for Obamacare. Obamacare is not an insurance plan, it's a law that states that you have ....

Comment preview: Source for the following: I used to be a Senate staffer. The United States government budgets money on an annual basis for a period of time called the "fiscal year." The government's fiscal year runs from October 1 - September 30. Every year before the fis ....