Obama Publishes in JAMA!

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Originally Posted by Archaea

It showed "on balance," without correcting for those counting problems. I am aware of better evidence that shows there is no correlation between the Act and cost reductions. Reductions are tied to the economy, not to the Act.

Again, it appears he had some research assistant basically write it and he put his name to it, to get it published. A crappy, useless paper gets published because the President affixes his name to it.

Crappy useless paper? The ACA is the most ambitious attempt to extend coverage since medicaid. A front-lines report from the major proponent of the act has academic value.

The study uses a third-party survey that predates the ACA on how many people have insurance. If someone loses coverage, that's accounted for because the survey is blind to the mechanisms of the ACA.

The slowdown in growth of healthcare costs is UNPRECEDENTED. It's never happened before during ANY economic boom. You were probably looking at some white paper from some shady think tank.