[tryptophan]

Because Obama rewrote the Healthcare laws to prioritize insurance companies above all else.

Their stocks have been doing great!

[sydbarrett74]

ACA is largely based on Heritage Foundation policy papers. Project 2010, if you will.

[gloryjulio]

The ACA bill was originally a republican bill that Obama agreed and pushed. And then the republicans flipped around and started blaming Obama on their own bill.

[conception]

In what way were insurance companies limited before the ACA that “Obama” removed? Please be specific. I’ve never heard this take before.

[ethbr1]

Indeed. I'd like to hear too, seeing as the admin cost caps for insurers in ACA are a pretty big stick to counterbalance the mandate carrot.

I know firsthand that a lot of insurers substantially increased internal efficiency as a result of no longer being able to pass excesses along to consumers in premiums.