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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frederick" data-source="post: 3713119" data-attributes="member: 17825">Increased medicaid enrollment is a good thing, right? I mean, more coverage for people without it....Higher healthcare costs? i think costs were trending upward for decades before ACA....[SPOILER]<img src="https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/sites/default/files/public_files/MBB-ACA%20at%2010-Health%20Affairs-Feb2020-01.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/SPOILER]yes, i'd say it improved it for those who did not have coverage; those who now receive medicaid, and those who work at smaller companies who dont provide benefits. when i worked for a small plumbing company, i had no benefits at all but the ACA gave me nearly-free coverage through the marketplace... otherwise what you say is true. Part of the benefit of the pre-ACA model was that as a younger, healthier person, it was much, much cheaper. Now that the insurance companies can't deny the unhealthy and chronically ill coverage, the costs have gone up significantly for us healthier folks. So it's really a matter of whether or not you agree with the principle that the young and healthy producers in society should subsidize those who cannot afford it or who have chronic illnesses via higher premiums.....</blockquote>