Nearly 13 years old the ACA has proven GOP dead wrong... again, again, and again.

[citygator]

On March 23, 2010 Obama and a democratic House and Senate passed the ACA (Obamacare) 100% on party lines. Not one single Republican supported this plan. None. 58 Democratic Senators and 2 independents pushed the ACA through congress. The GOP issued doomsday warning of impending doom to our healthcare system. So where do we sit today?

• Zero increase in the out of pocket trend from ACA
• Zero increase in overall spending increase from ACA
• Historically low percentage of people uninsured
• Zero death panels are in place
• You can go to the doctor you want to go to

The GOP's dire warning regarding the Obamacare (ACA) have all ended up in the wasteland of unrealized fear mongering by people who only care about election, not service. Why would anyone support a group this wrong about everything? Tens of millions of lives improved with no corresponding economic downside.

OVERALL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES OVER TIME - Notice no change the to the trend line

OUT OF POCKET SPENDING OVER TIME - Notice no change ot the trend line

NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICANS - Notice all the lives positively impacted by legislation

Sources

U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2022 | Statista

Per capita national health expenditures in the United States have increased significantly since 1960.

www.statista.com

How Many Americans Are Uninsured?

Learn how many Americans are without health insurance. Explore the demographics of those who are uninsured, including variations by state, age, gender and race.

www.moneygeek.com

Out-of-pocket spending - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Country Comparison: Trend over time: By diagnosis: By race/ethnicity: By age: By sex: By insurance status: By health status: By amount, total population: Among people with large employer coverage, amount by setting: Among people with large employer coverage, distribution of cost-sharing by setting:

www.healthsystemtracker.org

 

[citygator]

Oh... dont come at me with your mother-in-law's sisters cousin's barber who has a neighbor who is now paying more for insurance... no shit. Everything goes up over time. The question is did it raise prices faster than before? NO. Did it insure more Americans than before? YES.

 

[pknopp]

The trend is the line continuing to go up, up and up?

If you think that is a positive well...........................

 

[1srelluc]

OK for the "poors" I guess.....Those not already on SSDI or Medicaid.

Me......I have the same coverage as the congress-critters.....You know, the ones that (wisely) made themselves exempt from Halfrican Care.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Yeah, premiums can be extremely cheap with 20,000 dollar deductibles and doctor bills after visits. Lol. Best thing about ocare is that the penalty was eliminated.

 

[Dekster]

On March 23, 2010 Obama and a democratic House and Senate passed the ACA (Obamacare) 100% on party lines. Not one single Republican supported this plan. None. 58 Democratic Senators and 2 independents pushed the ACA through congress. The GOP issued doomsday warning of impending doom to our healthcare system. So where do we sit today?

• Zero increase in the out of pocket trend from ACA
• Zero increase in overall spending increase from ACA
• Historically low percentage of people uninsured
• Zero death panels are in place
• You can go to the doctor you want to go to

The GOP's dire warning regarding the Obamacare (ACA) have all ended up in the wasteland of unrealized fear mongering by people who only care about election, not service. Why would anyone support a group this wrong about everything? Tens of millions of lives improved with no corresponding economic downside.

OVERALL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES OVER TIME - Notice no change the to the trend line

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OUT OF POCKET SPENDING OVER TIME - Notice no change ot the trend line

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NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICANS - Notice all the lives positively impacted by legislation
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Sources

U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2022 | Statista

Per capita national health expenditures in the United States have increased significantly since 1960.

www.statista.com

How Many Americans Are Uninsured?

Learn how many Americans are without health insurance. Explore the demographics of those who are uninsured, including variations by state, age, gender and race.

www.moneygeek.com

Out-of-pocket spending - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Country Comparison: Trend over time: By diagnosis: By race/ethnicity: By age: By sex: By insurance status: By health status: By amount, total population: Among people with large employer coverage, amount by setting: Among people with large employer coverage, distribution of cost-sharing by setting:

www.healthsystemtracker.org

LOL sure you can go to the doctor you want to. Your insurance, however, is not obligated to pay the same amount if they are out of network as opposed to in your network. And lord forbid you got thrown into medicaid instead of a free real insurance policy. Happened to a woman I know who had to travel 90 minutes each way for her cancer treatment. Fortunately she had a separate cancer disability policy that covered most of her lodging for the 6 weeks she was doing radio 5 days a week because that was simply too much driving back and forth every day for her chemo-drained arse.

 

[MarathonMike]

Oh... dont come at me with your mother-in-law's sisters cousing barber who has a neighbor who is now paying more for insurance... no shit. Everything goes up over time. The question is did it raise prices faster than before? NO. Did it insure more Americans than before? YES.

Did you EVER get a $2500 dollar per year REDUCTION in your health care in ANY year after Obumblecare was jammed down our throats? Yes or No?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Oh... dont come at me with your mother-in-law's sisters cousing barber who has a neighbor who is now paying more for insurance... no shit. Everything goes up over time. The question is did it raise prices faster than before? NO. Did it insure more Americans than before? YES.

You forgot about all the hospitals that closed due to the ACH.

2019 broke record for most rural hospital closures: report

The number of rural hospitals that shut their doors reached a record-setting 19 last year, according to a new report that aims to pinpoint why hospitals are closing. | A record-setting 19 rural hospitals closed last year, as researchers aim to pinpoint the leading indicators that a facility will...

www.fiercehealthcare.com

181 rural hospitals have closed since 2005—see the states that have been impacted | Sidecar Health

Rural hospitals are closing throughout the country. Sidecar Health examines the causes for this problem, including the failure to expand Medicaid coverage in recent years.

sidecarhealth.com

 

[martybegan]

Oh... dont come at me with your mother-in-law's sisters cousing barber who has a neighbor who is now paying more for insurance... no shit. Everything goes up over time. The question is did it raise prices faster than before? NO. Did it insure more Americans than before? YES.

I used to go with PPO type plans but due to ACA I was priced out of them. I had to go with high deductible plans.

I liked my plan, I wasn't able to keep my plan.

Obama lied.

 

[Independent thinker]

On March 23, 2010 Obama and a democratic House and Senate passed the ACA (Obamacare) 100% on party lines. Not one single Republican supported this plan. None. 58 Democratic Senators and 2 independents pushed the ACA through congress. The GOP issued doomsday warning of impending doom to our healthcare system. So where do we sit today?

• Zero increase in the out of pocket trend from ACA
• Zero increase in overall spending increase from ACA
• Historically low percentage of people uninsured
• Zero death panels are in place
• You can go to the doctor you want to go to

The GOP's dire warning regarding the Obamacare (ACA) have all ended up in the wasteland of unrealized fear mongering by people who only care about election, not service. Why would anyone support a group this wrong about everything? Tens of millions of lives improved with no corresponding economic downside.

OVERALL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES OVER TIME - Notice no change the to the trend line

View attachment 747265

OUT OF POCKET SPENDING OVER TIME - Notice no change ot the trend line

View attachment 747267


NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICANS - Notice all the lives positively impacted by legislation
View attachment 747269

Sources

U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2022 | Statista

Per capita national health expenditures in the United States have increased significantly since 1960.

www.statista.com

How Many Americans Are Uninsured?

Learn how many Americans are without health insurance. Explore the demographics of those who are uninsured, including variations by state, age, gender and race.

www.moneygeek.com

Out-of-pocket spending - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Country Comparison: Trend over time: By diagnosis: By race/ethnicity: By age: By sex: By insurance status: By health status: By amount, total population: Among people with large employer coverage, amount by setting: Among people with large employer coverage, distribution of cost-sharing by setting:

www.healthsystemtracker.org

The ACA did nothing to bring down health care costs. They are higher now than ever. In order to make the ACA effective, subsidies had to be increased, added on to our 30 trillion dollar debt, which increases inflation and the prices ALL Americans pay for everything, including food at the grocery.

 

[Dr.Know]

When Barak put a gun to my head and forced me to get Insurance ( which was later found unconstitutional by Trump) I could not use the insurance as the deductible was 8000$. The ACA is nothing more than Washington kicking back to BIG PHARMA and the Insurance industry.

 

[otto105]

The trend is the line continuing to go up, up and up?

If you think that is a positive well...........................

What was the cost of a hamburger in 1960?

Bet people can't afford hamburgers any more.

 

[otto105]

The ACA did nothing to bring down health care costs. They are higher now than ever. In order to make the ACA effective, subsidies had to be increased, added on to our 30 trillion dollar debt, which increases inflation and the prices ALL Americans pay for everything, including food at the grocery.

Your lack of understanding is noted.

 

[sartre play]

There was this thing called the Affordable Care Act. that every one stuck there finger in the pot & messed with it.
Don't know for how many this is a God send & how many it is useless for.
What ever the end deal was the DEMS tried for something helpful, and All THE Repubs voted against it.
So we will Never Know if they had worked together, Could/would we have a better ACA??????????????????

 

[BluesLegend]

Yeah, premiums can be extremely cheap with 20,000 dollar deductibles and doctor bills after visits. Lol. Best thing about ocare is that the penalty was eliminated.

For most Americans it's like not having insurance at all. Asshole Dems simply shifted the cost to the middle class to fund free shit for the deadbeats.

 

[Independent thinker]

Your lack of understanding is noted.

Seriously? I understand it completely. Healthcare costs are higher now than they have ever been. The ACA wouldn't be worth a plug nickel without the ever increasing subsidies, which add to the debt, which causes inflation.

 

[Ralph Norton]

Your lack of understanding is noted.

Perhaps you could explain it to us?

 

[JustAGuy1]

On March 23, 2010 Obama and a democratic House and Senate passed the ACA (Obamacare) 100% on party lines. Not one single Republican supported this plan. None. 58 Democratic Senators and 2 independents pushed the ACA through congress. The GOP issued doomsday warning of impending doom to our healthcare system. So where do we sit today?

• Zero increase in the out of pocket trend from ACA
• Zero increase in overall spending increase from ACA
• Historically low percentage of people uninsured
• Zero death panels are in place
• You can go to the doctor you want to go to

The GOP's dire warning regarding the Obamacare (ACA) have all ended up in the wasteland of unrealized fear mongering by people who only care about election, not service. Why would anyone support a group this wrong about everything? Tens of millions of lives improved with no corresponding economic downside.

OVERALL HEALTH CARE EXPENSES OVER TIME - Notice no change the to the trend line

View attachment 747265

OUT OF POCKET SPENDING OVER TIME - Notice no change ot the trend line

View attachment 747267


NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICANS - Notice all the lives positively impacted by legislation
View attachment 747269

Sources

U.S. national health expenditure per capita 1960-2022 | Statista

Per capita national health expenditures in the United States have increased significantly since 1960.

www.statista.com

How Many Americans Are Uninsured?

Learn how many Americans are without health insurance. Explore the demographics of those who are uninsured, including variations by state, age, gender and race.

www.moneygeek.com

Out-of-pocket spending - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Country Comparison: Trend over time: By diagnosis: By race/ethnicity: By age: By sex: By insurance status: By health status: By amount, total population: Among people with large employer coverage, amount by setting: Among people with large employer coverage, distribution of cost-sharing by setting:

www.healthsystemtracker.org

You don't have any idea of what your talking about.

 

[JustAGuy1]

Your lack of understanding is noted.

Healthcare costs are rising every year. Premiums are also rising.

 

[citygator]

I used to go with PPO type plans but due to ACA I was priced out of them. I had to go with high deductible plans.

I liked my plan, I wasn't able to keep my plan.

Obama lied.

Mother in law story. Look at the broad indicators. There is always outliers and were before Obamacare.