If you're looking for something directly in the law, you're not going to find the government saying that prices should be raised. It's a second-order effect; t

If you're looking for something directly in the law, you're not going to find the government saying that prices should be raised. It's a second-order effect; there was minimal cost control in the ACA, and plenty of room for companies to raise their prices. In a lot of ways, it was a sweetheart deal to insurance companies: they had essentially a mandate for people to buy their insurance, demand was through the roof, so they could charge more.