the old system worked quite effectively for most of the population. Yes it did contain and generated high cost health care.

And of course SOME with pre existing conditions had difficulty finding reasonable coverage (it was available).

And who said the ACA was going to eliminate the glut of uninsured at the emergency room. Those that do not have or do not want to pay for health care will continue to do so.

And some forget to note that I did specifically state FIX the parts of health care that needed fixing.

Using the word universal makes for pretty (they think) speeches.
It also is a platform for the single payer system the current aministration wants and is moving toward.

There STILL has been nothing done to get the ever rising costs and abuse of health care charges under some control.

Remember the $500,000,000 cost reduction in medicare that was going to offset some of the cost of ACA? How are we doing against that farsical commitment?