While the ACA rollout does have a significant number of problems, many of which can be fixed, Jonathan Gruber, the MIT professor who oversaw Massachusetts health reform, told the New Yorker, that only a small percentage (3 percent, to be precise) of Americans might at least potentially be worse off under the ACA. About 80 percent of people, those who receive insurance through their employer or are already enrolled in a government program, wont experience any change at all, Gruber said. (The Kaiser Family Foundation puts the number at 79 percent). Another 14 percent are currently uninsured people who will now be able to get covered because of the Affordable Care Act, Gruber said. (Kaiser pegs it at 16 percent uninsured). How many of those actually get covered depends on a few variables -- like whether Republicans states come around and expand Medicaid -- but thats the share that stands to gain. So then you have 6 percent who might receive a cancelation letter (Kaiser says the individual market is 5 percent). Of those, Gruber argued, about half arent really going to see a change: Theyll technically enroll in a new plan, but itll be very similar to what they already had. That leaves 3 percent who will have to buy significantly different plans, some of whom might have to pay more for them (at least before the laws tax credits and other financial assistance kick in).
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 16:37:07 +0000
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