Andrew Sprung has some interesting news: the rate of uninsurance has declined during the pandemic. The main cause seems to be an increase in Medicaid enrollment combined with the fact that most furloughed workers have been allowed to keep their health insurance. Here's a very preliminary look from the CDC's survey of insurance status:
This only goes through the very first few months of the pandemic, but the overall uninsurance rate definitely declined during April-June of 2020 even as millions of workers were being released or furloughed. If Sprung is right, that number kept on decreasing through the end of 2020 and beyond. That's good news.
Whichever way you pose the question the answer to life, the universe and everything else is 42. In the present context 42 is universal health care with strong state involvement.
It's amazing what the Democrats snuck into the bill.
Joe Liebermann is literally shaking at the thought.
But for John McCain's thumbs down vote in 2017, Trump and the rest of his GOP sycophants would have achieved their wet dream goal of eliminating the ACA. I can't imagine how much worse this pandemic would have been if that had happened.
Perhaps one day, Champ and Major will dig up Trump's healthcare plan buried deep in its hiding spot in the WH lawn, right under his tax returns.
Why is it good news that more people have had to go on Medicaid? This can only be because their income has declined, or in a few cases because Biden has rescinded some state work requirements. We are still awaiting a solution to the Medicaid hole problem.