Here are the six, supposed, things Obamacare accomplished.
Protecting Those with Pre-Existing Conditions
I can give this one. But we didn't need a comprehensive takeover of private health insurance to get it.
Lowering Costs
This one is complete bullshit. It shifted costs, not lowered them. Obamacare cost $1.1 trillion in 2023 according to the CBO
In 2023, federal subsidies for health insurance are estimated to be $1.8 trillion, or 7.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). In CBO and JCT’s projections, those net subsidies reach $3.3 trillion, or 8.3 percent of GDP, in 2033.
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Providing Free Preventive Care
This too is a complete lie. The care isn't "free." Somebody is paying for it. All it does is not make the person receiving the care pay for it.
Covering Essential Health Benefits
Essential? Maternity care? For half the population, that's irrelevant. There's lots more that is irrelevant but forced coverage in Obamacare. If anything the "One size fits all" policies issued are costly because people can't choose what healthcare they want and coverage they want. They're forced into a standardized plan designed by government bureaucrats and all they can do is decide what kind of copays they're willing to have.
Expanding Medicaid
So, the welfare state was expanded. We didn't need Obamacare to do that.
Cutting Uninsured Rates in Half
Almost entirely by expanding Medicaid.
This page displays an interactive map of the current status of state decisions on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Additional Medicaid expansion resources are listed (with links) below the map.
www.kff.org
Obamacare was signed into law 10 years ago today. Although the public’s attention is squarely focused on the coronavirus crisis, the law has been the dominant issue in our nation’s politics over the past decade, and it’s important to understand how it’s working.Unfortunately, it’s not working at...
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That is, the number of people buying plans remained about the same as before Obamacare while all of the expanded coverage came from picking up people on expanded Medicaid who were uninsured before. This later group pays little or nothing in and gets coverage on the taxpayer dime.
Conclusion:
Obamacare is a largely meaningless gesture that adds cost, complexity, and reduces the quality of care for tens of millions of Americans.