Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWhy so many candidates what to build on what we already have.
DO NOT stop at the first paragraph. READ IT!
Name the much-criticized federal program that has saved the U.S. $2.3 trillion. Hint: it starts with Affordable
By EZEKIEL J. EMANUEL
MARCH 22, 2019
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March 23, the ninth anniversary of the ACAs passage, presents a good opportunity to examine its legacy on cost control a legacy that deserves to be in the foreground, not relegated to the background behind the exchanges, Medicaid expansion, and work requirements.
One month after the ACA had passed, the Office of the Actuary of the Department of Health and Human Services projected its financial impact in a report entitled Estimated Financial Effects of the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act, as Amended. The governments official record-keeper estimated that health care costs under the ACA would reach $4.14 trillion per year in 2017 and constitute 20.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
Fast forward to December 2018, when that same office released the official tabulation of health care spending in 2017. The bottom line: cumulatively from 2010 to 2017 the ACA reduced health care spending a total of $2.3 trillion.
In 2017 alone, health expenditures were $650 billion lower than projected, and kept health care spending under 18 percent of GDP basically a tad over where it was in 2010 when the ACA was passed. It did all of this while expanding health coverage to more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans.
Compared to the 2010 projections, the governments Medicare bill in 2017 was 10 percent ($70 billion) less, and spending for Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program was a whopping $250 billion below expectations (partially but only partially due to the failure of some states to expand the program). The actuary had predicted in 2010 that employer-sponsored insurance would cost $1.21 trillion in 2017, but it came in at $1.04 trillion, a difference of $170 billion for that year.
Put another way, health care spending in 2017 was $2,000 less per person than it was projected to be. And for the 176 million Americans who have private employer-sponsored insurance, their lower premiums averaged just under $1,000 per person.
Read More: https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/22/affordable-care-act-controls-costs/
The ACA was always meant to be expanded upon. Biden wants to do that.
Do not tear down a solid basis that has been shown to work. When you have a strong foundation , you build on it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Recommended.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,655 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 19, 2019, 03:01 AM - Edit history (1)
wants to build on it.. one reason he's my candidate.
And, he's in Good Company!
Link to tweet
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Progressives Support Shoring Up ACA Before Tackling Medicare For All
Im happy to support any provision that strengthens the ACA and plug some of the gaps that were seeing, particularly as its under assault by the president, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told HuffPost on Wednesday. I think its part of a longer-term vision, at least for me, towards guaranteeing ― truly guaranteeing ― health care for all Americans.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142293852#top
Looks like the House Progressives are with former VP Joe Biden
Here's Beto..
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Bernie Sanders opposes House bill to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/128739743#top
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Thanks for your Excellent OP, she!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Vegas Roller
(704 posts)is the only sensible and doable way.
MFA is a fairy tale
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I am far to tired to fight the naysayers any more. They are wrong. Full stop.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...both before and after it was passed and became law.
Obama said that even as he was signing it. Biden thought it was a "big f-ing deal" then, and he does now.
Why scrap something that's working and helping millions of Americans and replace it that isn't even completely written yet?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I will stop here and not say all that I am thinking.
Thank you.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,408 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Lets M4A grow organically, assuming it really is preferably to private insurance.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Thanks, marylandblue.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden