Health care is and has always been "privatized". The only difference now is that the government makes you buy it and doesn't allow you to pick your coverage.
The ACA has not done anything it was promised to do. It just made the problems occur faster than free market.
Not sure I agree with that Red, but it's just an opinion. I think the ACA has just become a political pin cushion for the republicans to say "see". I personally have only seen increases before and after. Draw a line in the increases and it's basically a straight line FOR ME. I think our politics are terrible where you don't have political parties that can get along and get things done and all it is is a them v/ us. Sad really.