People on the Affordable Care Act received extreme increases in healthcare costs after enhanced federal subsidies expired in December. The Ford School's John Ayanian is a primary care physician and has frequent conversations with older patients who are struggling to come up with ways to fund their healthcare. Many Americans are considering dropping their ACA coverage due to rising premiums and waiting until they qualify for Medicare. "That's a gamble," Ayanian stated.
Prolonging healthcare treatments is likely to only shift and increase costs due to declining physical conditions over the waiting period.
