Obamacare Enrollees Are ill And They are Getting Much Health Care

WASHINGTON — the landmark health care reform law called as Obamacare seems to be succeeding in its twin objevtives of extending health coverage to the uninsured and enabling persons to access life-saving treatments.

But this humanitarian victory also underscores the newness and fragility of the remade health insurance market, as a latest report issued on the day of Wednesday by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association shows. The consumers who flocked to the exchanges are sick and are utilizing a lot of medical care, a trend that could jeopardize Obamacare’s gains by destabilizing the health insurance system.

Greater access to health care for persons with pre-existing conditions who were shut out of the old market and those whose low incomes made health insurance too expensive before the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies became available in the year 2014 was one of the core objectives of the law President Barack Obama enacted 6 years ago.