Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts

When you increase premiums dramatically, "the healthy people drop out and therefore the pool is sicker", said Gerard Anderson, a professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins University. 

It becomes a "death spiral", Anderson said. "The sicker people are the only ones that stay in the program until it becomes no longer sustainable and the insurance company stops even offering the plan," Anderson said. 

Those people with high deductibles or no insurance could also struggle to pay medical bills if they become sick or injured…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/aca-obamacare-expires


 

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