Affordable Care Act

also referred to as: aca

7 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Matthew Colford · said 31 times in 10 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

Mentions by year

brought up most by Ben Horowitz (8), Julie Yoo (6), Bernard J. Tyson (5), Matt Spence (4), Marc Andreessen (3), Sonal Chokshi (1), Rajiv Singh (1), John Markoff (1)

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2024 5 mentions in 1 episode
2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2019 24 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Affordable Care Act, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Colford: The Affordable Care Act actually empowered the gig economy
“In many ways, the ACA has actually empowered the gig economy.”
Matthew Colford Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:00 a16z Podcast | Of Presidents, Policies, and Tech
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Insight
Bernard Tyson: Major policy changes passed on strictly partisan lines fail
“One of the biggest lessons that I've learned in being a participant in the whole structure of the Affordable Care Act, the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, is a partisan passed bill for a major change in this country is not a good thing.”
Bernard J. Tyson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:57 a16z Podcast | The Infrastructure of Total Health
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Tyson: California is the best example of the ACA working effectively
“The best example of it working fairly well is in California, where we compete on price, we compete on service, we compete on quality.”
Bernard J. Tyson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:12 a16z Podcast | The Infrastructure of Total Health
Jan 2, 2019 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tyson: Reforming Medicare will present a bigger challenge than the ACA rollout
“So we did not do very well As a country in the rollout of the ACA but we're going to have a bigger challenge eventually when we take on the rollout of revised Medicare program.”
Bernard J. Tyson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:39 a16z Podcast | The Infrastructure of Total Health
Apr 24, 2024 negative
Opinion
Horowitz: ACA increased healthcare costs and IRA caused inflation
“The Affordable Care Act was the Unaffordable Care Act. The Inflation Reduction Act was the Inflation Cause Act.”
Ben Horowitz Apr 24, 2024 ▶ 32:43 Startup Building: Major Shifts in Tech & Culture
Nov 14, 2024 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Ellis: Medicare Advantage growth slowed to mid-single digits last year
“Medicare Advantage had mid-single-digit growth last year certainly the ACA is slowing down.”
Chris Ellis Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 14:00 The Future of Health Insurance in a Work Remote World
Nov 14, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ellis: Employer health insurance market exceeds Medicare and ACA combined
“The employer market is larger than Medicare. It's larger than ACA combined. It's just the biggest market.”
Chris Ellis Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 13:10 The Future of Health Insurance in a Work Remote World
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