Did insurance premiums really increase because of Obamacare? I am continuing to write my essay on Universal healthcare, showing both the pros and cons, but I haven't been able to find any evidence Obamacare actually increased premiums, all I can find are conservative media outlets saying so. Trump often claimed Obamacare caused insurance prices to rise, and even some to lose their insurance, but I'm have trouble finding any evidence of that. Does anyone know anymore about this, or have any links to credible sites showing evidence of it?
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Without looking up statistics, I'd say it is self-evidently true: in a free market a product must at a bare minimum have greater perceived net value than $0 - the customer must believe they are better off buying the product than not. But when the government will fine you for not buying the product, now the product doesn't have to make you better off, it only has to be less harmful than the fine.