His point was what ever positive effects it had were temporary and those positive effects do not exist any more for most of the people.

I know I can say it.

Married, two kids. Everybody reasonably healthy, have a decent job.

Healthcare costs have become expensive as shit because of the ACA. That's not a partisan talking-point: that's the bottom line in our household budget.

The happy-face anecdotes the ACA's advocates trot out are lovely, but there are far more people in my position.

Yes, I wouldn't have gone down a road that was cut out from underneath me, and almost lost a marriage in the process.