The most credible rap against the Affordable Care Act is that it raises the cost of insurance bought in the individual market for people who have no preexisting conditions and earn too much to qualify for subsidies. That is true. Hence all the "rate shock" stories bruited by the GOP last fall. Most of those stories did not survive scrutiny, because the GOP went for dramatic hardship cases, and most true hardship cases qualify for subsidized coverage. Those truly dinged by the law were more like a couple with two children
The Republicans' ACA shell game
The Republicans' ACA shell game
The Republicans' ACA shell game
The most credible rap against the Affordable Care Act is that it raises the cost of insurance bought in the individual market for people who have no preexisting conditions and earn too much to qualify for subsidies. That is true. Hence all the "rate shock" stories bruited by the GOP last fall. Most of those stories did not survive scrutiny, because the GOP went for dramatic hardship cases, and most true hardship cases qualify for subsidized coverage. Those truly dinged by the law were more like a couple with two children