Sign up for our daily briefing
Make your busy days simpler with Axios AM/PM. Catch up on what's new and why it matters in just 5 minutes.
Catch up on coronavirus stories and special reports, curated by Mike Allen everyday
Catch up on coronavirus stories and special reports, curated by Mike Allen everyday
Denver news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Denver
Des Moines news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Des Moines
Minneapolis-St. Paul news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Twin Cities
Tampa Bay news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Tampa Bay
Charlotte news in your inbox
Catch up on the most important stories affecting your hometown with Axios Charlotte
AP
This smart presentation from the NYT is getting a lot of attention because its conclusions about the individual health insurance market under the Affordable Care Act are so simple:
- Claim: The ACA will increase competition and choices across the country (from supporters).
- Reality: Nope.
- Claim: The ACA is destroying health insurance markets across the country (from opponents).
- Reality: Nope.
The bottom line: There are states that face real crises with insurers pulling out, like Iowa. But for the most part, the states that are having trouble keeping insurers never had a lot of competition to begin with. And the states with thriving insurance markets are mostly the same ones that had them before the ACA.