{"id":1894,"date":"2016-02-06T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T22:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2016-02-06T17:08:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T22:08:40","slug":"a-voters-guide-to-the-health-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1894","title":{"rendered":"A Voter\u2019s Guide To The Health Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By &#8211; Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Nearly six years after its enactment, the Affordable Care Act remains a hot-button issue in the presidential race \u2014 in both parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur health care is a horror show,\u201d said GOP candidate Donald Trump at the Republican debate in South Carolina Dec 15. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, winner of the Iowa caucuses, said at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2016\/01\/28\/7th-republican-debate-transcript-annotated-who-said-what-and-what-it-meant\/\" target=\"_blank\">debate in Des Moines Jan. 28<\/a> that the health law has been \u201ca disaster. It is the biggest job-killer in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats largely support the law, but even they can\u2019t agree on how to fix its problems. Hillary Clinton said at the Jan. 25 <a href=\"http:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2016\/01\/26\/cnn-iowa-democratic-presidential-town-hall-rush-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\">town hall on CNN<\/a> that she wants to \u201cbuild on the ACA. Get costs down, but improve it, get to 100 percent coverage.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/a-voters-guide-to-the-health-law\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=25962672&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9nSSygaM2mJoAaMXRVibGCnNgbGBi3g7A2Wgc4EMNAqPlhJzMyueZorSoMhY8YJWBJv1eM1gDS-afvY2R2Llh8gO6Iiw&amp;_hsmi=25962672\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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