There was never a need to establish the ACA! This was one man's ego and a bunch of sheep following behind!
We already had the vehicles in place to take care of the supposed 15% that were uninsured or didn't have the proper coverage for pre-existing conditions!
They were the CHIPs that existed in every state! The plans could have been embellished to provide some of the caveats that now exist in the ACA and that 15% could have been afforded coverage along the same guidelines.
The CHIPs would have been further subsidized as we are with the ACA plans now. As for the other supposed 85% covered under either existing group lans or their individual plans, they could have indefinitely kept the plan of their choice! Instead, again, due to one man's penchant to build a baseless legacy, the entire country is now saddled with the crippling burden of a plan and system that is on a course for failure within the next 5 years or less! Numbers don't lie! Only politicians do!!!!
This wasn't rocket science and until the politicians got involved, it could have handled on a state to state basis! Corruption at its best! All on the backs of the people of the US, while the politicians exempt themselves from the laws of the land!
Well stated... If the ACA bill was read and properly discussed it would have never passed, it almost did not pass even though no one read it... ACA will be changed to the point that it is in fact repealed.
75% of the 8 million exchange enrollees had insurance prior to October 2013.