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ObamaCare was passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by a Democratic president.
Once Republicans gained control of Congress in 2013, having campaigned on a promise to repeal the ACA, they made more than 50 attempts to eliminate the law. They failed.
Trump also promised to repeal it. Thank goodness he also failed. (As usual.)
The numbers tell the story...
Because of ObamaCare, millions of people gained insurance coverage for the first time.
Millions more have increased security when insured, benefitting from prohibitions on discrimination by insurers and protections for people with preexisting conditions.
Has it improved coverage? Indisputably, yes. More than 20 million people have gained coverage as a result of ObamaCare. It has dramatically reduced the uninsured rate.
On the day President Obama signed the ACA, 16% of Americans were uninsured; in March 2020, it was 9%.
ObamaCare also improved health outcomes, at least 19,000 lives were saved. The number of adults reporting improved health increased while the number screening positive for depression decreased.
Diabetes and hypertension control increased, along with increased early-stage cancer diagnoses.
Financial wellbeing of beneficiaries improved; fewer adults struggled to pay medical bills, medical debt and evictions were reduced.
At the same time, there was a significant drop in hospital uncompensated care in Medicaid expansion states. By any metric, it has been wildly successful.
It's one of the reasons folks in Blue States live longer than folks in Red States. (Many Red states have still refused to implement it. Better to be dead than admit you're wrong!)
Thank you President Obama!
Is it any wonder all republicans want to talk about is Hunter Biden?
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