For one, there’s a question about how the Affordable Care Act will affect uninsured Oklahomans.

It’s Jan. 8, many functions of the Affordable Care Act , or “Obamacare,” are in full swing, and the world didn’t end.

In Oklahoma, 144,000 uninsured adults — an estimated 23 percent of the uninsured in the state — who would have been eligible for Medicaid if the state expanded the program fall into what’s known as a coverage gap, according to a report released from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

How was that gap created?

Under the Affordable Care Act, people who earn an income between 100 percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level might qualify for tax credits when they buy private health insurance through the federal health insurance marketplace.