"Those who favored the legislation will call this "success." Those who opposed the legislation will raise questions about the cost, emphasize that the law is nowhere near assuring health insurance for all, and point out that if the legislation had been sold as a moderate expansion of Medicaid and building up private insurance exchanges, the law could have been a lot shorter. But for either side, this relatively modest reduction in the number of uninsured shouldn't come as a big surprise. Even supporters of the 2010 legislation predicted that it would only solve about 60% of the problem of uninsured Americans, while nonpartisan sources predicted that it would solve about 40%. So far, reaching that lower prediction of reducing the share of uninsured by 40% is a goal not yet met."
So it sort of works, still the best and easiest reform would have been Medicare for all. Fuck the insurance companies.
tnb
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