I think Christie’s been reasonably good tonight, and it’s not out of the question that he could gain a point or two in the polls. But that, too, might come at Jeb Bush’s expense, since they have similar policy positioning but Christie is a little more [sorry] high-energy than Jeb.
Ben Casselman
The Affordable Care Act has succeeded in getting millions more Americans health insurance. But there are still 33 million U.S. residents without coverage. Who are they? About 7 million are noncitizen immigrants. Millions more are young people who have decided not to get coverage.
But millions of others live in states that have refused to expand Medicaid as originally expected under Obamacare. Those states have much higher rates of uninsurance, across the board, than states that did expand Medicaid.
Carl Bialik
Trump said CNBC agreed to his request to limit the length of the debate to two hours. Did the clock start at 8 p.m. or when the debate started, 10 or 15 minutes later? Even if it’s the latter, we’re close to pushing past the two-hour mark, and closing statements are starting only now.
