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0 pointsdanjoc9y ago0 comments

>Those price increases are not from the ACA, they're the result of Medicare Part D, which took effect in 2006.

Oh good, let's see you present to me evidence that the inflation rate of health care in the US is below that of the inflation rate of the country as a whole. Can you do that? Because that's my point.

Health care is not affordable. Hospitals are charging tens of thousands of dollars for treatments that cost a couple hundred dollars 2 hours away across the border.

http://archive.azcentral.com/business/articles/20120831scorp...

That's fraudulent. Put those people in jail.

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wefarrell9y ago· 1 in thread

Oh good, let's see you present to me evidence that the inflation rate of health care in the US is below that of the inflation rate of the country as a whole. Can you do that? Because that's my point.

No, because the cost increases were not due to the affordable care act, they were due to Medicare Part D. The goal of the ACA was to reduce the number of people without insurance. Controlling pharmaceutical costs is outside of the scope and for that you can blame the law that specifically forbids the government from controlling pharmaceutical costs.

danjocOP9y ago

>No, because the cost increases were not due to the affordable care act

You're distracting from the real issue with a different argument. I didn't say the ACA caused the increases. I am saying the Affordable Care Act failed to make health care more affordable.

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