{"id":1607,"date":"2017-07-11T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T18:34:00","slug":"study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Affordable Care Act Is Not Failing, Unless GOP Keeps Up Sabotage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newly released&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article160601649.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJ1FdUX2i1TT76icm0tSbrZky_0w\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article160601649.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a>&nbsp;confirmed that the&nbsp;Affordable&nbsp;Care&nbsp;Act&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;failing&nbsp;and in fact insurers are on track to have their &ldquo;best year&rdquo; yet under the ACA. However, Republicans are determined to pass a new health repeal bill that could derail insurance markets. If the ACA fails, it will be because of Republican sabotage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>A new report confirmed what the CBO stated in its score of the Senate healthcare repeal bill: The&nbsp;Affordable&nbsp;Care&nbsp;Act&nbsp;is&nbsp;notfailing.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article160601649.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJ1FdUX2i1TT76icm0tSbrZky_0w\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article160601649.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McClatchy<\/a>: Death spiral? Obamacare insurers may be having &lsquo;best year&rsquo; yet under ACA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/study-obamacare-not-collapsing-n781486&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-Cr3ni9qwLVqD-sX0iRjKxfiAVg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/study-obamacare-not-collapsing-n781486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>:&nbsp;Study: Obamacare Is&nbsp;Not&nbsp;Collapsing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/341249-study-obamacare-market-stabilizing-not-collapsing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFz8Ug0LB-XH1VOsFeZr13KSogo5w\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/341249-study-obamacare-market-stabilizing-not-collapsing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>:&nbsp;Study: ObamaCare market &#39;stabilizing,&#39;&nbsp;not&nbsp;collapsing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/obamacare-exchanges-show-signs-of-stabilizing-study\/article\/2628159&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvZTeEdJmT0Roj3aef0Rj_mZC6Tg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/obamacare-exchanges-show-signs-of-stabilizing-study\/article\/2628159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Examiner<\/a>: Obamacare exchanges show signs of stabilizing:&nbsp;Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hiltzik\/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-market-20170710-story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_EsAgxvpMHHnrN7syu5dZbqAMww\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hiltzik\/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-market-20170710-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>: More evidence shows Obamacare is getting healthier, but will that stop the GOP wrecking crew?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Senate Republicans are determined to rush through a new health repeal bill before the August recess, that could tank ACA insurance markets.&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/07\/11\/cruz-lee-obamacare-health-care-240380&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1499979305916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhxYtSMMPPhnyFD6RrUVDroVhviw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/07\/11\/cruz-lee-obamacare-health-care-240380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>&ldquo;Ted Cruz&rsquo;s plan to give insurers freedom to sell plans that don&rsquo;t comply with Obamacare&rsquo;s insurance regulations may be conservatives&rsquo; last best chance to salvage the stalled Senate health&nbsp;care&nbsp;bill.&nbsp;<strong>But it might also send Obamacare insurance markets into a death spiral.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newly released&nbsp;study&nbsp;confirmed that the&nbsp;Affordable&nbsp;Care&nbsp;Act&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;failing&nbsp;and in fact insurers are on track to have their &ldquo;best year&rdquo; yet under the ACA. However, Republicans are determined to pass a new health repeal bill that could derail insurance markets. If the ACA fails, it will be because of Republican sabotage. A new report confirmed what the CBO stated <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Study: Affordable Care Act Is Not Failing, Unless GOP Keeps Up Sabotage - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T18:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/study-affordable-care-act-is-not-failing-unless-gop-keeps-up-sabotage\/\",\"name\":\"Study: Affordable Care Act Is Not Failing, Unless GOP Keeps Up Sabotage - 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