According to an April press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence of measles in the US is at an all-time high. This, after its apparent eradication in 2000.
In 2017, patients spent $365.5 billion on out-of-pocket medical bills. And that doesn’t account for the thousands of dollars in uncollected patient debts.
While the ACA initially expanded health coverage for the previously uninsured, the number of Americans without an insurance plan rose by 700,000 in 2017.
