- about 16.4 million uninsured people have gained health insurance coverage
- the uninsured rate dropped from 20.3 percent to 13.2 percent – a 35 percent (or 7.1 percentage point) reduction in the uninsured rate.
- The uninsured rate declined across all race/ethnicity categories since the baseline period. There was a greater decline among African Americans and Latinos than among Whites.
- Health insurance coverage gains were especially strong in Medicaid expansion states and were concentrated among low and middle income population groups in all states.
Sassy response: If you make insurance mandatory, of course you'll see an increased rate of enrollment. It would be nice to see other metrics like reduced overall cost of healthcare or increased rate of preventative treatments. But I don't go searching for that all so I may just be ignorant on this front.
Has anyone ever studied the impact on healthcare spending of public parks or other zones/projects/spaces that encourage walking or other physical activity? I'll bet it's nontrivial. I would always rather see the government spend $1 on getting people to walk more than $10 helping to pay for diabetes care.It would be nice to see other metrics like reduced overall cost of healthcare or increased rate of preventative treatments.
Incentivised isn't quite the same as mandatory. But yes, Classical liberals certainly still have an argument, both ideologically and practically. Assuming one subscribes to their ideology. PolitiFact says healthcare spending is also at record lows, but there's no empirical evidence Obamacare is the cause.If you make insurance mandatory
It would be nice to see other metrics like reduced overall cost of healthcare