Yeah but if NPR is defunded then this isn’t a story. /s
The article sometimes throws in the term Obamacare — is it still popularly called that? And do most Americans know it’s the same thing?
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The article sometimes throws in the term Obamacare — is it still popularly called that? And do most Americans know it’s the same thing?
https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2023-section-1-cost-...
Figure 1.12 shows average annual premiums from 1999 to 2023. The ACA was passed in the middle of that range. It's a sustained upwards march, before and after its passage.
For all that cost - 2-3x as much as the other OECD nations spend, inclusive of taxes - we get shitty outcomes.
https://assets.ourworldindata.org/uploads/2016/04/ftotHealth...
