Fact-check: “Healthcare cost have been under control since the ACA passed.”
Verdict: Misleading (82% confidence)
The evidence shows that certain measures of healthcare cost growth slowed in the years immediately following ACA enactment — notably federal per-beneficiary Medicare spending growth and out-of-pocket expense growth — but total national health expenditures have continued to rise substantially in both absolute and per-capita terms. CMS reported that national health expenditures grew 7.2% to $5.3 trillion in 2024, reaching $15,474 per person and 18.0% of GDP, which contradicts a broad reading of '…
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