re: What would the current healthcare situation in America be if Obamacare wasn't passed?

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Obamacare slowed premium increases. The saying that "obamacare caused the increased costs" is incredibly misleading and doesn't analyze the costs of healthcare prior to the ACA.

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Unfortunately it is hard to say one way or the other. We only have speculation for both perspectives. We don't know what premiums would have done if left alone. They might have spiked....and they might have gone down.

You provided a link to two sources saying they backed up your point....and they might. I couldn't find where it said that premiums slowed down, but that could have been because i have a very short attention span for dry material like insurance premiums, etc.

I can say that my particular insurances went through the roof and my deductible did the same, though...but that does not mean that everybody's did.

With the media being as it is, I have gotten to the point that I don't rust any of the sources, unfortunately. Things have gotten so partisan nobody is even capable of telling us the truth anymore.