Was well on its way before the ACA with Medicare stacking the deck on how hospitals vs PP was paid.
The genesis of the ACA was from Romneycare in Massachusetts and its core was predicated on personal responsibility and getting the freeloaders out of the system. It's a shame they outlawed physician owned hospitals and gave insurance companies that much power but at its initial core that is not what it was about imo
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