Lessons for Washington Post on Obamacare Costs: Levels Matter, Not Just Rates of Change

The Washington Post's analysis of projected increases in the cost of health care plans in the exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is seriously confused. Paige Winfield Cunningham seems to think she found a contradiction between Democrats who minimized the importance of price increases during the Obama presidency, but now highlight smaller increases projected under the Trump administration. Rather than being a contradiction, this reflects confusion on Cunningham's part.

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