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This R&D provides resources on the problems of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama’s major legislative initiative is suffering from a lack of insurance competition in many states and it was revealed this week that significant premium hikes are on the way. Some states such as Arizona could see premium hikes that go beyond 100%. Republican critics of the ACA have seized on this as proof that the system should be scrapped, while liberal forces argue that a “public option” should be introduced where the government could compete with private insurers to keep premium costs low. It is unclear whether recent news about the ACA will affect the 2016 presidential election and be this year’s “October Surprise.”
Average premiums for popular Affordable Care Act plans rising 25 percent for 2017 https://t.co/XxlDLlYJUZ
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 24, 2016
GOP candidates seize on premium increases in Affordable Care Act https://t.co/vSgPDJ9TPY 🔓
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) October 25, 2016
Three ways to fix the serious problems afflicting Obamacare. https://t.co/Fjtav2HwwP
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 27, 2016
A new POLITICO/Harvard poll finds that 54 percent of likely voters think Obamacare is working poorly https://t.co/HKvcse3I04 | Getty pic.twitter.com/FS77q3npcm
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2016
Why hasn’t public opinion of the Affordable Care Act matched up with its successes? https://t.co/EkvJ2K4bKS pic.twitter.com/1KBbFLvMFl
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 23, 2016
“Gov. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) said … that the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable to many Americans …” https://t.co/W1T68b8LFw
— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) October 21, 2016
That time Obama compared the ACA to fire-prone the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. https://t.co/9HBoaM4wRK
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 20, 2016
In Miami, Obama defends Affordable Care Act’s coverage gains, benefits https://t.co/2tNMWbn3E4 pic.twitter.com/b7l4pfnBBP
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) October 20, 2016
More than 1 million covered by Affordable Care Act to lose plans as insurers quit https://t.co/SK6L4hAzcd
— Derrick Sontag (@dsontag9) October 17, 2016
Paul Ryan says Affordable Care Act is ‘blowing up’ like a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 https://t.co/cTFUzdZwsg
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 25, 2016
“Democrats are increasingly acknowledging that the Affordable Care Act has an affordability problem.” via @thehill https://t.co/nJaHcPgz2U
— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) October 25, 2016