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The Economist (London), 2014-09, Vol.412 (8905), p.25-27
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2014
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Since January the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, has required insurers to charge the healthy and the sick the same price. Health care in America is changing, thanks to Obamacare and the efforts of innovative private firms (see box on next page). And not before time. America's health system, the world's biggest, involves a tangled mess of rules and a hotch-potch of public and private institutions. It combines dazzling technology with minimal cost controls and spotty coverage. In 2012 it left some 48m people uninsured despite gobbling up 17.2% of GDP. Obamacare created new health exchanges, where individuals can shop for private insurance and, if they earn between $11,670 and $46,680, qualify for subsidies. As well as barring insurers from charging the sick more, it requires individuals to have health insurance or pay a fine. In some states Obamacare works well. In others, it does not. For now Obamacare seems to have expanded cover. Politically, Obamacare remains highly controversial. Adapted from the source document.