Thread by @VABVOX

The #ACA/#Obamacare has been law for a decade. It is not and has never been insurance. It provides for the healthcare marketplace where people can shop their states' private insurance companies for affordable plans. It also provides tax credit subsidies for those plans.

The #ACA also expanded #Medicaid to cover more low income people. And created coverage for the #Medicare "donut hole." The law also stipulates that being female must be covered (it was not before the ACA) and that women must not pay more than men for the same plan, like before.

The #ACA also requires insurers to cover #PreExistingConditions like #cancer or #diabetes. The ACA charged the states with providing access to health insurance for low income people via #Medicaid.

The #ACA also requires businesses with over 50 employees to provide health insurance. And states to provide access to #Medicaid expansion. The GOP tried to repeal it 69 times. They failed because Americans want healthcare.

Because the #ACA covers specifics related to #Medicaid and #Medicare and there will always be #PreExistingConditions and women, there will be a need for the #ACA post-#M4A. Some candidates do not understand the ACA and have misrepresented it as insurance, which it has never been.