Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has vowed to “defend and build on the successes of Obamacare.” What are these imputed successes? Are they real, or is this just magical thinking? What does the evidence show?
Obamacare has produced an increase in the number of Americans who have health insurance. A reasonable estimate suggests 8.8 million individuals (2.9 percent of the population) gained health insurance between 2013 and 2014, the year that Obamacare was implemented. The vast majority — some say as many as 97 percent — did so through Medicaid expansion.
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