Obamacare Is Not Collapsing, Imploding or Exploding<br />Insurers suffered big losses in the early years, in part<br />because many families who had not had comprehensive health insurance for years signed up and needed more care than the average family.<br />Insurers did a poor job designing their policies and suffered big losses initially, forcing them to raise premiums even more.<br />By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJULY 13, 2017<br />The biggest lie that President Trump and other Republican leaders have been repeating about<br />the Affordable Care Act for years is that it is collapsing, imploding or exploding.<br />Insurers that sell policies to individuals and families are doing better financially than in the first two years of the A. C.A.<br />And the insurance policies have high deductibles and premiums<br />that are unaffordable to many people, because the law did not provide enough subsidies to middle-income families.<br />His earlier proposal would take health insurance away from 22 million people and raise premiums for millions of others, according to the C. B.O.
