Raising the Insured Rate Without Obamacare

The primary rationale for the legislation was to lower the number of Americans who lacked health insurance coverage. In that regard the ACA was a success — an estimated 20 million Americans have gained health insurance. But an article in the New England Journal of Medicine holds an important message for the next president — much of the reduction in the uninsured could have been accomplished without the upheaval of the ACA.