When President Obama took office in 2009, the U.S. was in trouble — 50.7 million people were uninsured, the largest number in history. Mortality rates were on the rise, even as health care spending grew faster than the nation’s economy. Obama was always going to address the situation through some type of health care reform, Jason Furman, chairman of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, said recently.
As Obamacare Faces Repeal, Its Legacy Is Still Up In The Air
Anna Maria Barry-Jester, FiveThirtyEight: Science & Health
Tue, 01/03/2017 - 7:00am
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