ACA is a "hardship" for Americans...but which Americans?

[Ike Bana]

Whiny upscale millennials, that's who. I'm so shocked.

CNBC - The GOP's 7 year war against obamacare.

Republicans have waged their seven-year war against Obamacare on behalf of a remarkably small number of aggrieved Americans.

President Donald Trump spoke for his party last fall as he ripped the Affordable Care Act for pushing rates "through the sky." As Republicans crafted a replacement this spring, he promised "much lower premiums and deductibles."

In reality, just a tiny fraction of Americans — disproportionately young, male, healthy and middle-to-high income — has seen costs sharply increase because of Obamacare. Liberal and conservative experts alike place the number well below 10 million people — 3 percent or less of the population.

Twice that number – disproportionately poorer and less healthy people — gained insurance under Obamacare. Many received immense medical and financial benefits.

And...

Premiums for employer-provided coverage increased by an annual average of 3.1 percent from 2010 and 2016 – less than they increased in the decade before Obamacare.

And...

Personal bankruptcies, historically associated with medical debt, fell by half between 2010 and 2016, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.

[Oerets]

The way to becoming a believer in healthcare reform is thru an illness with no or inadequate insurance. Three who are close to me all ex ACA haters love and want it now after getting sick and needing assistance. Same for the young and healthy be my guess. One thing that happens to everyone is illness and aging.


Barney

[BlueStreak]

It's a burden to affluent crybabies who have been convinced they are oppressed, because they've been asked to help pay for it.

[Oerets]

Just like the argument on SS being an entitlement. The government put how much into the pot?

They just held (spent) the money from you and your employer that is all. But there are those who sell it as an entitlement not what it is a benefit paid for.



Barney