PO-the intent of the ACA was to insure the uninsured. There were about 36millin or so uninsured when the ACA was crafted and implemented. Today, there are 33 million uninsured. That is a gain of about 3 million with insurance and a large majority of those has been through the expansion of medicaid and taxpayer subsidies. People who were once insured had to give up their insurance plans and a large majority of them could not afford the ACA premiums especially when considering the large deductibles. If a family man has a plan with a 3 or 4K deductible he may as well not have any insurance because doctors will not accept his insurance until he has fully paid the deductible. So that plan is only good if he or a member of his family suffers a catastrophic event which exceeds the deductible. Ironically, many of these insured had plans which suited their needs and did not have any deductibles because their plan was crafted to meet the needs of the patient as opposed to an across the board government designed plan which includes coverages which the patient may not need or want. The ACA has been a job killer because small companies make sure they employ less than fifty people and that they do not work over 30 hours per week. As designed, the ACA is diametrically opposed to free market principals and in 2017 some areas will only have one large insurer who will dictate the rates as monopolies usually do. This is an abomination which has cost the taxpayers billions with more large cash outlays still to come to keep it afloat. The plan is on life support as we speak. PS. What was really accomplished by the plan is that former premium payers are now sitting on the side lines and paying annual penalties because they cannot afford to buy a government mandated product. Does that sound like democracy to you ? Good Luck America !!!

•2.3 million young adults gained coverage from 2010 through the start of Open Enrollment in October 2013 due to the provision that allows people under age 26 to stay on their parents’ plan
•An additional 3.8 million young adults gained coverage between October 2013 and early 2016, a 46.5 percent drop in the number of uninsured young adults over that period.

Gains in coverage because of the Affordable Care Act were strong across all racial and ethnic groups between October 2013 and early 2016.
•The uninsured rate among Black non-Hispanics dropped by more than 50 percent (from 22.4 to 10 percent); corresponding to about 3 million adults gaining coverage.
•The uninsured rate among Hispanics dropped by more than 25 percent (from 41.8 to 30.5 percent), corresponding to about 4 million Hispanic adults gaining coverage.
•The uninsured rate among White non-Hispanics declined by more than 50 percent (from 14.3 to 7.0 percent), corresponding to about 8.9 million adults gaining coverage.