According to the Kaiser Family Foundation study insurance premiums were being raised by 31%/year in the five years before the ACA. They are going up 20%/year after the ACA. That could be better if the GOP had worked with the Dems to make the law better and more affordable instead of obstructing and spending $87 Million on 60 ridiculously childish repeal votes. The Medicare Part D(totally unfunded by the way) addition to Medicare under Bush was opposed by the Democratic party because it was totally unfunded to the tune of adding close to One Trillion to the deficit. Once it passed and the rollout was a disaster the Dems got on board to help fix it because Amerca's seniors were faced with losing their prescriptions entirely. See the difference in how Dems work versus the GOP?