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Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II
- The ACA significantly reduced the uninsured, from 47 million in 2010 to 27 million by 2016.
- A GOP replacement, the American Health Care Act, would have raised the uninsured, according to the CBO.
- The Obamacare fight ended with a Senate vote that blocked full GOP reforms.
- Hostility to expanding health care access has deep historical roots in U.S. politics.
- Krugman flags 16 million more uninsured by 2034 under Trump II’s actions, per CBO projections.
- The primer reviews the political economy of U.S. health care since the 1940s.
- Krugman describes Obamacare as a real step toward broader insurance access.
- The piece notes the 2017 GOP bid to replace Obamacare and its consequences.
- The article emphasizes that Obamacare’s future remains contested amid political battles.
- Krugman frames the topic as a analysis of opportunities and dangers in current U.S. healthcare policy.
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