No I can't back it up because all the numbers are all over the place. Any article I post for or against can be countered with another article.
Just trying to get basic numbers on how many more are covered is impossible.
Here you go again with the meaningless symbolism over substance!
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@aygart rightfully and eloquently pointed out, many of those newly "covered" were previously covered, but not enrolled. As I pointed out above, some of those newly covered/enrolled might have become eligible for Medicaid due to the elimination of all asset tests for Medicaid qualification. Let's at least get the terminology right and irrefutable. Let's just refer to people
ENROLLED.
There are probably many additional millions currently enrolled, which might have not previously been. But what is the real effect of that on healthcare or access to healthcare? On the other hand, there have been drastic changes to plans and reduced accessibility to many that previously had decent access to quality healthcare.
I seen one article about the number of policies that were canceled. What they didn't tell you is that x amount was canceled and y of those were replaced with no loss in coverage.
You might have seen one article or possibly more, but I work in the real world, with real people who search for alternatives when their plans are canceled, when insurers change (and create new, more limited) provider networks, and they have to find alternatives so that they can see the same doctors they previously saw.
You might have individual plans that offer out of network benefits in IL, but in NY (at least in the lower Hudson counties - haven't checked other counties) no individual plan has any out of network benefits. Furthermore, insurers created different networks for their individual plans, so even the insurers that have excellent networks, might not make those available to people with individual (non-employer based) coverage. Prior to Obamacare, there were easier workarounds, people set up their own businesses and got "employer" coverage. Obamacare made it impossible, unless you have a non-spouse employee who is actually enrolling, to use that workaround.