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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Sdgla who wrote (1121300)2/28/2019 10:22:44 PM
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Despite the issues and ongoing Republican attacks, the Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact. The Census Bureau reports that the number of uninsured Americans has dropped from 16 percent in 2010 to less than 9 percent today — a decrease of 23 million people. And a recent report estimated that 24,000 lives have been saved from premature deaths because of the ability to get health care access.

While the president admits premiums have increased, he points to the slowed growth of the health insurance market as a cost savings to those who receive employer-based health care. On average, Obama told a Miami audience, consumers are paying $3,600 less for insurance than if premiums had continued to rise at the rate they were before the legislation was passed.

The law also made it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against existing conditions, banned lifetime limits and made birth control free.
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