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3. What makes this more impressive

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2024, 10:07 AM

Mar 24

Is that we are in the midst of the Boomer transition to retirement, which means that there would have been a natural increase simply due to the average population getting older. If that factor had not been there, costs under the ACA would likely be trending downward. Long term, the ACA is having a very positive effect.

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So, did the ACA bend the cost curve? Call it coincidence, but excess cost growth -- health spending growing l [View all] applegrove Mar 24 OP

Yup corporate greed keeps getting worse mucifer Mar 24 #1

Well except for the covid spike, costs have stabilized under applegrove Mar 24 #2

What makes this more impressive Metaphorical Mar 24 #3

Now we need a public option for health insurance, available for all ages. Midnight Writer Mar 24 #4