claim: the republicans' alternative health care plan "will still let insurers raise premiums four times faster than wages."
author: americans united for change
evidence_1: aug 5, 2010 ... less than six months after passage of the affordable care act—landmark  legislation that will expand coverage to 31 million americans, reduce the growth  of ... employers, who provide coverage to 163 million workers and their  dependents, struggled to absorb rising health insurance premiums, which have ...
evidence_2: 2 days ago ... tax reform, of course, creates winners and losers. let's see if we can identify who  they are... winner: the gop. tonight's victory belonged solely to the republicans.  the senate passed the bill without a single "yes" vote from one of its 48  democrats, but then, this was the plan all along. using the streamlined ...
evidence_3: thanks to the aca, more than 17 million americans have gained health  insurance. millions of low-income americans have coverage through expanded  eligibility for medicaid that now exists in 31 states. young adults can stay on their  parents' health plans until they're 26. all americans can benefit from increased ...
evidence_4: jun 1, 2017 ... that's different than a public option, in which the government offers an alternative  to other insurance plans on the market. it's all in the name: in a single-payer  system, one entity — in this case, the state of california — covers all the costs for  its residents' healthcare. effectively, the government would step ...
evidence_5: what is pnhp's response to libertarian proposals for health savings accounts  and deregulated insurance plans? ... that does not describe what happens in  countries with national health insurance where doctors and patients often have  more clinical freedom than in the u.s., where bureaucrats attempt to direct care.