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Well ObamaCare (PPACA) is largely based on RomneyCare, passed in Massachusetts in 2006. Has that depressed salaries??
Let's take a look ....
Median household income in Massachusetts:
2006: 55,330
2011: 63,313
Median Household Income by State - Single-Year Estimates
Nope, it hasn't. Salaries are up 14½% since RomneyCare went into effect. In fact, they've increased every year except during the recession. You have any evidence this trend will be any different on a national level?
Romney care did not mandate the same minimum/maximun "out of pocket" expense levels, prevent all preexisting condition "bans" or apply to the same (very low in MA) percentage of the uninsured population. Also MA gets gobs of federal subsidies making that magic appear to "work".
The most recent renewal was last December 2011, when the state secured $26.75 billion in federal funds over the course of three years. It will, among other programs, continue to finance the universal coverage program.
“The milestone agreement also ensures the ongoing success of Massachusetts’ historic health care reform initiative, through which more than 98 percent of the Commonwealth’s residents, and 99.8 percent of children, have health insurance,” Massachusetts Health and Human Services Secretary JudyAnn Bixby wrote at the time. “The waiver fully funds our ongoing health care reform implementation.”
How Romney paid for Romneycare, with federal help
Obamacare vs Romneycare - Difference and Comparison | Diffen