ACA

ANSWER THIS QUESTION

What were the main arguments/challenges in first creating, and then repealing and replacing the ACA.  See ACA resources in syllabus.

ACA Resources

Supporters
Readings:
1. Obamacare: an unheralded success
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/04/21/obamacare-unheralded-success/montTA45UvggSgwA0Myd8K/story.html

2. 5 years later, Obamacare critics can’t believe their lying eyes
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/5-years-later-obamacare-critics-cant-believe-their-lying-eyes

3. The success of the ACA is a hugely inconvenient truth for its opponents
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/09/21/the-success-of-the-affordable-care-act-is-a-hugely-inconvenient-truth-for-its-opponents/?utm_term=.1c5ffb547811

4. Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, but it turns out Americans like most of it, a poll finds http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obamacare-poll-20161201-story.html

Videos:
1. 5 years in, Obama taunts GOP over Obamacare’s success
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/five-years-in-obama-taunts-gop-obamcare-success/

2. Al Sharpton: GOP’s bitter pill, Obamacare’s success
http://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/watch/gop-s-bitter-pill–obamacare-s-success-254255171801
3. Hillary Clinton fiercely defends Obamacare in battle with Bernie Sanders over health care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7jzhzhqlCQ

4. Burwell: Obamacare Open Enrollment “Very Strong”
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/burwell-obamacare-open-enrollment-very-strong-839722563813

5. CNN Documentary: The Obama Legacy: Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act

ACA Critics:
Readings:
1. http://nypost.com/2014/01/14/another-25-million-obamacare-victims/

2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/07/28/overwhelming-evidence-that-obamacare-caused-premiums-to-increase-substantially/#64410c1f46e3

3. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-14/more-than-1-million-in-obamacare-to-lose-plans-as-insurers-quit

Videos:
1. Obamacare is the wrong prescription, explains doctors

2. Physician exposes the Reality of Obamacare

Ron Paul on how Obamacare will affect Doctor-Patient relationship

3. Your doctor is not in? Obamacare may put your doctor out of business.

4. Avik Roy on Obamacare’s Disruptions to Health Insurance Markets 2013-11-12

5. Avik Roy on Rising Employer Health Costs and Obamacare

6. Saving Obamacare: the US President pleads for his legacy

7. Trump promises to repeal and replace Obamacare “essentially simultaneously”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-presser-obamacare-repeal-replace-233479

Other useful resources:
Kaiser Family Foundation http://kff.org/
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/health-policy.html