> Obamacare hasn't improved the access part unless you're subsidized. That's the "cost" part of cost/access; access is whether you can get health coverage at a

> Obamacare hasn't improved the access part unless you're subsidized. That's the "cost" part of cost/access; access is whether you can get health coverage at all. Pre-Obamacare, access to healthcare was pretty dicey outside a corporate health plan, up to the insurer whether they were interested. If you had significant negative health history, you effectively had to work for a large corporation in order to get under the group umbrella. My own health is fortunately good, but I have more than one friend who chose not to start a company or join a small startup because of the healthcare issue (one has a congenital heart problem, which poses no issue for getting corporate group coverage, but previously made individual coverage a no-go).