UHND.com - Notre Dame Football, Basketball, & Recruiting

...here's what the ACA has done over the last decade...
--------------------
2014-2024: How the ACA Marketplaces have evolved in 10 years

The ACA substantially transformed health insurance by creating Health Insurance Marketplaces where consumers can shop for private comprehensive coverage that meets consumer protection and coverage standards

The number of issuers participating in Marketplaces has grown in recent years providing nearly all Marketplace consumers (96 percent) with a choice of plan offerings of at least three different issuers. This increase in market competition has contributed to premiums that are more affordable for both enrollees and taxpayers. In 2024, 210 health insurance issuers are participating in Marketplaces.

Between 2013 and the third quarter of 2023, the uninsured rate for all ages fell from 14.4 percent to 7.7 percent. Since 2013, the uninsured rate for children has decreased from 6.5 percent to 3.4 percent in 2023.

The ACA brought key consumer protections, such as preventing consumers from getting denied or charged more for coverage due to pre-existing conditions, age, and gender.

For example, prior to the ACA, 92 percent of popular plans used gender rating. A woman could pay as much as 81 percent more for the same plan as a man of the same age, even without the plan covering maternity care

Prior to the ACA, health plans also often limited the benefits they covered. In 2011, 62 percent of individual market enrollees did not have coverage for maternity services, 34 percent did not have coverage for substance use disorder services, 18 percent did not have coverage for mental health services, and nine percent of enrollees did not have coverage for prescription drugs.
--------------------

Baron appears to be a doc who's in it for the $$...his $$...even complains when other docs earn more than he does.


Link: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/03/22/celebration-10-years-aca-marketplaces-biden-harris-administration-releases-historic-enrollment-data.html#:~:text=Across%20coverage%20groups%2C%20a%20total,%2C%20or%20more%20than%20triple).