AkaSci, 2 months ago

From Flatline, the new campaign Ad from the Biden-Harris 2024 team on the 14th anniversary of the ACA -
"...
He will take away health care from people on Medicaid.
He will take away health care from young people with family insurance.
He will take away free cancer screenings.
He will take away free annual checkups.
He will take away free birth control.
If he succeeds, 45 million Americans could lose their health insurance
And you could be one of them.
Protect your health care. Stop Trump."

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AkaSci, 2 months ago

A record-breaking 21.3 million Americans enrolled in health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace during the 2024 Open Enrollment Period.

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/another-year-of-record-aca-marketplace-signups-driven-in-part-by-medicaid-unwinding-and-enhanced-subsidies/
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AkaSci, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Thread by former President Obama on ACA, the Affordable Care Act, on its 14th anniversary.
"
Fourteen years ago today, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law.

Afterwards, one Republican member of the House called the ACA the “most dangerous piece of legislation ever passed in Congress.” Another predicted the country would “never recover from it.”

But then something else happened: it actually worked.
"
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1771522445368787059
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AkaSci, 2 months ago

Tweets by President Biden on ACA, the Affordable Care Act, on its 14th anniversary.
"
Repealing the Affordable Care Act has been in virtually every Congressional Republican budget since the law passed.

There’s even cuts to it in the budget they put forward just this week.

I’ve stopped them before and I’ll stop them again.
"
Ain't that the truth. ACA survived the trump years because of one courageous vote in the Senate.

https://twitter.com/POTUS
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AkaSci, 2 months ago

Here are some more stats on the effect of the Affordable Care Act.

Note that in addition to the 21.3 million who signed up in 2024, about 24 million people have gained health care coverage through the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

https://www.protectourcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-ACA-Anniversary-Fact-Sheet.pdf

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tallship, 2 months ago

@AkaSci

20 million, out of a total population exceeding 320 million?

What am I missing here, when (I was informed that) everyone is supposed to register there annually?

I could very well be mistaken, but does that reflect that 300 million American citizens have either medical insurance policies through their employers or pay for insurance completely out of pocket?

And, either way - that number going up by five million from the previous year seems to indicate a pretty significant economic downturn. Yeah, seems to follow a pattern of increasing enrollments by about 2 million a year for the past three years, mirroring the downward economic trend since the 2020 federal elections.

Or am I reading this wrong?

AkaSci, 2 months ago

@tallship
In addition, about 24 million people have gained health care coverage through the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

I will post some more stats shortly