Affordable Care Act: A Case Study

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I enjoyed reading your post. You mention in your post that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has driven up health care costs; however, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reports the opposite. The ACA has been very instrumental in slowing down health care costs (ASPA, 2015). Since the ACA, health care cost growth rates are historically slowing down (ASPA, 2015). In fact, since the ACA, health care is experiencing the lowest rate of health care price increase in 50 years. Also, from years 2009-2013, the government spent $316 billion less on Medicare expenditures (ASPA, 2015). Yes, employer-based family coverage premiums rose 4.2 percent; however, that rate is still significantly lower than former averages (ASPA, 2015). Personally, I

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