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An Unfortunate Anniversary

What to Know: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) was signed into law 10 years ago today. TPPF represents the individual plaintiffs in the latest challenge to the ACA before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The TPPF Take: Americans aren’t celebrating this day.

“Ten years later, health care is more expensive than ever and less accessible than before,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “And yet health outcomes are no better. The federal government violated the U.S. Constitution when it commanded Americans to purchase health insurance they didn’t want, and more so, this unconstitutional command now causes millions of Americans to lack access to health care due to exploding costs.”

What’s Next for Health Care?

What to Know: Despite claims, the Republicans do have an alternative to the ACA, should it be held unconstitutional.

The TPPF Take: In fact, the House of Representatives’ Republican Study Committee has stepped up with its own plan, “A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care.”

“The plan isn’t really a replacement of Obamacare,” says TPPF’s Elizabeth O’Connor. “Rather, it fundamentally changes the structure of the healthcare system by pulling the federal government out and encouraging innovation at the state level. This is long overdue, because Americans know the ACA hasn’t lived up to its promises.”

Relationships Matter

What to Know: The real casualty of the ACA (and any government intrusion into health care markets) is the doctor-patient relationship.

The TPPF Take: A new model, direct primary care (DPC), restores that relationships and results in better health outcomes.

“Direct primary care re-establishes the relationship between physicians and their patients—without the middlemen of insurance companies, benefits managers and Medicaid officials,” says TPPF’s David Balat. “To solve our nation’s health care delivery problems, we need new ideas—not more of the one-size-fits-all approach.”