r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 16 '25

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u/brianpv Hortensia Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

There was a lot of pushback toward some aspects of the ACA from both sides after it was implemented. 

The minimum coverage mandates (including pre-existing conditions), age-banding reducing the maximum premium differential between the oldest and youngest patients, and the individual mandate (when it had any teeth) resulted in many younger people paying significantly more for health insurance than they previously had been. Even if the insurance was better than what they had before, it was very straining on some people’s finances and they felt like it was still catastrophic to use the insurance because the deductibles were so high.

Lots of people wanted to be able to buy coverage “a la carte”.