I had a big long message with citations of the actual 2008 presidential campaign messages regarding ACA typed in, starting with the 2008 Democratic Party platform statement, and then I got to this...
I suppose folks interested can do the research themselves. Focusing on what ACA actually is, we cannot lose sight of the fact that healthcare is now going to be more affordable for those who were struggling to be able to afford healthcare previously. That's a very important objective that has been achieved, and Americans should feel quite proud of at least that (admittedly partial) accomplishment.
I do believe that ACA could have a positive impact toward reducing the cost of healthcare overall, in that it is revealing the costs of healthcare previously hidden from view: The costs of inadequate health care and lack of access to healthcare on the part of those who were struggling to be able to afford healthcare previously. Unfortunately, our society is very much money-fixated, these days, and converting these human costs into dollars that can be counted might help put pressure on the government to take positive action toward reducing excess cost within each provision of service and within each bottle of medication.