Wrong: Healthcare costs have been rising since about 2005. After the ACA took effect, costs rose more slowly.
Cost increases has become intolerable in every health insurance market. It has been Republican gospel since 2016 to falsely blame the ACA.
Summary of this article:
Two key provisions of the ACA raised the cost of insurance for individual health care plans; these costs were offset by government subsidies.
In the much larger private health insurance market, the ACA reduced costs.
The Affordable Care Act’s impact on health insurance costs is complex and often misunderstood, with both cost-increasing and cost-decreasing effects that vary significantly depending on the segment of the market you examine and the timeframe you consider. Here’s the story: