The ACA: 7 Years Later

Some facts to think about as your Representatives ponder whether to royally frick you over today at 10 Eastern. (Mine's John Lewis, he's on the right side of history on this vote)
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Lowest uninsured rate on record:


No death spiral, 72% can get plan for <$75/month:


More evidence against a death spiral:


Premium increases were largely a one-time adjustment, hitting counties that underpriced the most the hardest:


CBO also says market not in a death spiral - premiums nearly match CBO's 2017 projections:


ACA has extended the life of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund:


ACA has reduced the budget deficit over the long term:


ACA has reduced inequality:


Healthier people miss fewer days of work and are more productive:


And those increases have been to full time jobs (not a job-killing bill, like your Reps lied to you and said):


More data that the ACA is helping jobs:


Shift in Readmission incentives has led to a reduction, and greater patient safety/outcomes:


HACs (pt safety) are also down due to incentives in the ACA:


For those with employer-provided healthcare, the premium growth (for both the employer and the employee) declined sharply, and even moreso when you include total out-of-pocket costs:


ACA also helped insurers slow per-enrollee spending growth:


Healthcare prices slowest growth in 50 years, now tracks inflation (before was > inflation):


ACA helped downward revisions of all national health expenditures:


ACA's out of pocket limits have expanded to nearly everyone:


Expanded coverage means more care - states with larger drops in uninsured rates saw a larger drop in those not seeing the Dr due to cost


All states saw a reduction in the uninsured:


Uninsured rates have fallen across ALL Income groups:


Not very hard to tell what caused the uninsured rate to drop <10% for the first time ever:



These are the facts, the data. They are not your personal anecdotes, they are the situation as it currently stands and which some of you want to destroy because you hate Obama.

Thanks, Obama!