[miley_cyrus]

If ACA is such a success story, then why is the US lifespan falling faster than any other developed country over the past few years?

There was of course a drop for COVID-19, but progress in life expectancy basically stalled after ACA was implemented, whereas life expectancy has kept growing in every other developed country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/ameri...

And to be clear: "While opioids and gun violence have rightly seized the public’s attention, stealing hundreds of thousands of lives, chronic diseases are the greatest threat, killing far more people between 35 and 64 every year, The Post’s analysis of mortality data found."