So, This Is What the End of Obamacare Looks Like

For better or worse, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been the law of the land since it was signed into law in March 2010 and officially was enacted in the individual insurance markets in 2014.

In many respects, it's done exactly what was asked of it be now-former President Barack Obama. It wound up lowering the uninsured rate from 16% in the fourth quarter of 2013 to around 9% as of mid-2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The subsidies attached to Obamacare, as the ACA is more commonly known, along with the expansion of Medicaid programs in 31 states, opened the door to lower-income consumers and folks with pre-existing conditions who'd previously been shut out of the healthcare system.

Image source: Obama White House via Flickr.

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