Greenbeard
Gold Member
Now, we see that there will still be as many people uninsured
The updated CBO estimates in July found that a year or so from now 18 million people will have insurance who otherwise wouldn't have. By a decade from now, that number grows to 33 million people who have insurance who wouldn't have had it in the absence of Obamacare.
If you think this law doesn't drastically reduce the uninsurance rate, back away from the kool-aid slowly.
yet insurance rates will skyrocket and many will lose what they have now.
When? The large majority of privately insured Americans are in group (employer-based) plans that aren't particularly affected by this law in the first place.
So, what good will it do other than break a lot of people's budgets and put the country further into debt?
What good will it do?
1. Better access to care.
2. Better quality of care.
3. Slower spending growth in the long run.
The first step to fixing our broken system is admitting that we have a problem. With access, quality, and costs. If you're not quite there yet, then you're probably not going to see the value of these reforms. But you'll benefit from them regardless.