Insurance costs go up... and patients suffer

Obamacare actually raises the cost of health insurance

Before Obamacare, health insurance was unaffordable. In fact, that was one of the justifications for passage of the ACA. So what did Obamacare do to the cost of insurance?

Obamacare raised the cost, as you can see in the graph below. Health insurance is less affordable, not more. Subsidizing some people with tax increases on the middle class does not produce “affordable” insurance. We all suffer from empty wallets.

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What good is health insurance if you cannot get the care you need when you need it? Having health insurance doesn’t improve the health of Americans–the real purpose of the healthcare system–if that insurance does not deliver access to care.

 

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Congress and the White House passed the Affordable Care Act despite all the evidence against the bill, because they are magical thinkers.

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Photo of Dr. Deane Waldman, MD, MBA: Author, speaker, health advocate and medical doctor.Dr. Deane Waldman was Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at: the Children’s Hospital of San Diego, the University of Chicago, and the University of New Mexico. Responsible for budgets in excess of $20 million, he has seen all aspects of our floundering medical care system. His proposal for a simple Direct-Pay USA system has the potential to revolutionize health care in the U.S. and save us from imminent financial catastrophe.

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