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Why Affordable Care Act Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People

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Why Affordable Care Act Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People
A nurse enters a hospital in Garden Grove, Calif., on Dec. 20. 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Richard Menger
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Commentary
A cursory review of public sentiment portrays the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a triumph of social policy, with nearly two-thirds of Americans holding a favorable view of the 2010 health care law. This popularity rests on a precarious foundation, as the ACA’s sustainability is undermined by fragile structural and financial mechanisms. Just like Medicare, beneath its widespread acclaim lies a contentious and unsustainable undercurrent.
Richard Menger
Richard Menger
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Richard Menger, MD MPA, is an academic neurosurgeon and a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He focuses on complex spinal deformity and scoliosis surgery performing over 350 operations a year. He is a lead editor of the textbook Economics, Business, Policy of Neurosurgery. He is currently the Chief of Complex Spine Surgery at the University of South Alabama and is on the faculty of the neurosurgery and political science departments. He is a healthcare contributor to Forbes.