KevinMD January 8, 2018
The controversy over health care reform often boils down to two issues: coverage and cost. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made significant impact on the coverage issue, dropping the uninsured rate below 10 percent for the first time in the recorded history of the United States, covering 20+ million Americans in the 8 years since it was passed, and putting the United States on a reasonable path toward universal coverage.
Despite its name, however, the ACA has not made health care “affordable” for the vast majority of Americans. While the individual marketplace has offered reasonable, comprehensive coverage to nearly 10 million customers in the individual market, premiums continue to climb, deductibles continue to rise, and the opacity of health care...
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