Obamacare Is Not Collapsing, Imploding or Exploding
Insurers suffered big losses in the early years, in part
because many families who had not had comprehensive health insurance for years signed up and needed more care than the average family.
Insurers did a poor job designing their policies and suffered big losses initially, forcing them to raise premiums even more.
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJULY 13, 2017
The biggest lie that President Trump and other Republican leaders have been repeating about
the Affordable Care Act for years is that it is collapsing, imploding or exploding.
Insurers that sell policies to individuals and families are doing better financially than in the first two years of the A. C.A.
And the insurance policies have high deductibles and premiums
that are unaffordable to many people, because the law did not provide enough subsidies to middle-income families.
His earlier proposal would take health insurance away from 22 million people and raise premiums for millions of others, according to the C. B.O.