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Correcting The Record On The Affordable Care Act

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On March 1, I was asked to participate on a panel at the American Enterprise Institute on the Affordable Care Act. The panel was covered live on C-SPAN, and below are my slightly edited remarks. The Affordable Care Act – Industry Benefits and Deficits Soar Here is the big takeaway: the ACA in 2024 is largely the law that the health care industry would have written. It just took some time to get to it. The main components that the industry liked—large new subsidies through Medicaid expansion, the exchanges, and 340B—are growing. Health insurers have reaped windfalls and enjoy being regulated utilities. The main components that the industry disliked have disappeared. The Cadillac tax—gone. The health insurance tax—gone. The medical device tax—gone. The Independent Payment Advisory Board—gone. And all in big bipartisan votes. Looking back, the conversations in the board rooms of the health industry were probably to support enactment to get all the stuff they wanted and then to work to eli

Business Policy Correcting The Record On The Affordable Care Act By Brian Blase , Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pres of Paragon Health Inst. Special Asst to Pres at NEC, '17-'19. for The Apothecary Mar 05, 2024, 07:53am EST Mar 05, 2024, 07:55am EST This article is more than 2 years old. On March 1, I was asked to participate on a panel at the American Enterprise Institute on the Affordable Care Act. The panel was covered live on C-SPAN , and below are my slightly edited remarks . The Affordable Care Act – Industry Benefits and Defici

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