Health insurance premiums rose by 7.9% and 8.2% for single and family coverage respectively in the 10 years before Obamacare. Since then, the average annual rate of increase was 4.0% for single coverage and 4.6% for family coverage. Obamacare supporters claimed it would reduce the number of uninsured individuals.

Has the Affordable Care Act been successful?

The number of uninsured Californians dropped by 3.7 million — the biggest decline of any state. ... At California hospitals between 2013 and 2017, uncompensated care costs plummeted by $1.7 billion. Research estimates that the ACA's Medicaid expansion saved 19,200 lives nationwide.

Is Obama care effective?

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as the ACA) was spectacularly successful in expanding health insurance to people previously uncovered, through the insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion. Implementation of the ACA newly covered roughly 20 million people.