STUDY: Average Obamacare Plans Are Cheaper Than Employer-Sponsored Ones

[stevenleser]

32. So true. There is a combination of three devices used here by those criticizing ACA.

The first is that the law as passed is the be all end all and that is how it should be judged. No. Like any law, this is a first pass, it will be modified but it is a good starting point. Most laws like this not just here but abroad as well start out extremely flawed and then are fixed and modified.

The second device being used is not unlike the weather vs climate argument used by Republicans. Individual exceptions are being used to try to suggest that the overall belief/program is wrong. It's cold in the US (a small percentage of the globe) for one season (1/4 of the year) so that means global climate change (which measures average temperature change for the entire globe over years and decades) is fake. An individual person having an issue with ACA does not mean the program is 'bad'. As the study in the OP points out, the experience is overwhelmingly a positive change.

The third device being used is a deliberate attempt to ignore even the benefits one receives with their plans if they are not satisfied with it in general. Everyone gets free checkups with their plans. Saying "I am never going to be able to use this plan" is an obvious attempt to make it sound worse than it is.