Huffington Post: Top 5 Reasons to Celebrate Obamacare's 5th Anniversary

1. Caring for your health won't cost you your wealth - Last Year 66 million people were not hesitant to visit the doctor because of cost of care
2. Women are people, not "moral hazards" for health insurance companies - Insurance companies are no longer allowed to use gender when they determine rates for plans
3. Obamacare helps you if you're red or blue (but especially if you're red?) - Before the health reform law was passed, 18.5 percent of people living in Republican counties were uninsured
4. Medicaid deserves a medal - A critical part of the successful enrollment of the uninsured in many states is the expansion of Medicaid
5. Implementation of the ACA advances civil rights - Prior to the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, minorities made up a disproportionate number of the uninsured

Source: The Huffington Post
Source URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-k-sriram/top-5-reasons...

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