As the Republican Party in America presses toward radically rewriting the signature policy achievement of the Obama Administration, the battle cry has been that the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) cost American jobs. The charts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics do not necessarily reflect that claim.
Fewer Americans uninsured after the Affordable Care Act
The private healthcare system of the United States represents nearly one-fifth of the largest economy in history. From a factual perspective, it is twice as costly as its nearest peer (Switzerland) and achieves the same health outcomes as former Soviet nations. One of its major problems is the sheer number of people left uninsured because their work (or lack thereof) …