The Many Consequences of Repealing Obamacare

Abstract

The author argues that repeal of the Affordable Care Act will mean many more people will be uninsured, health care prices will rise the way they did before ACA, and employees will have to pick up more of the costs of their employer-provided health insurance. The Republicans will almost surely replace the current plan with an inferior program. In general, inequality will rise.

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Merrill Goozner

Merrill Goozner is the editor of Modern Healthcare, a weekly magazine and daily website that covers the business of health care. His 30-plus years in journalism included serving as the Chicago Tribune’s chief economics correspondent and chief Asian correspondent. He is author of The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs, published by the University of California Press in 2004.