From the Washington Post this morning, an analysis of the problems with the ACA by Jonathan Gruber. He is Ford Professor of Economics at MIT and worked on both the Massachusetts health-care reform and the Affordable Care Act. The article is here.
What supporters of the AHCA are not admitting, however, is that the ACA’s current failings are due to the misguided policies of Republicans and particularly the Trump administration. Before Donald Trump was elected, there were no places in the country where individuals could not buy insurance on the exchanges.
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But in the meantime, let’s be clear that any problems with exchanges in 2018 are on the Trump administration. It inherited an improving exchange market and had at its disposal the tools to make the market work even better. Instead, the administration undercut enrollment and sowed uncertainty that has insurers panicked and leaving the market. Trump broke it — so now he owns it.