Republicans have been busy claiming that the Affordable Care Act is"failing" and is a "disaster," but a report from the Department of Health and Human Services itself is giving the lie to those claims.
A blog post in the Los Angeles Times points out the falsehoods in Republican claims about the health of the ACA when compared with the report issued by HHS.
The agency's annual report about the ACA's risk-management provisions has found that key ACA programs are "working as intended," not only protecting insurers from unexpectedly large risks but also helping to moderate premiums for consumers.
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