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You are not every American. You are you.

As I look at this country, I can see what's happening just fine, and BOTH parties share fault, one for being Pure Evil, and the other for being too cowardly to do ANYTHING about it, EVER.

What you aren't getting is that it doesn't matter if more people are going to the doctor, they still aren't getting the health care they need.

People in other countries are living 4 years longer on average, using the horrible socialized medicine that MAGAs are constantly screaming is going to kill us all.

Our wonderful system is killing us 4 years earlier than their evil system. I'm ready to try their evil system.

You're just reacting, you're not listening.

Uninsured skip doctors, ACA reduced uninsured. There are still too many uninsured. Insured still skip doctors, because deductibles are too high. Health insurance in the US is more accurately bankruptcy insurance, a lot of insured don't receive sufficient healthcare because they cannot afford anything outside of an annual visit plus regular tests. Anything that needs a specialist is often put off until it's an emergency.

Your citation is irrelevant to what I'm saying.

1. "In Q1 2024, the estimated uninsured rate for the full population is 8.2 percent, which corresponds to 27.1 million individuals without insurance. "

Note that this is an estimate based on a survey. The ACA doesn't provide a mechanism to tally the number of insured, and this survey tries to be representative, but could be way under reported.

https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ee0475e44e27daef00155e95a24fd023/nhis-q1-2024-datapoint.pdf#%3A%7E%3Atext=In+Q1+2024%2C+the+estimated+uninsured+rate%2C300+million+Americans+have+health+insurance+coverage.

That's over 27 million people the ACA leaves behind, because it isn't a sufficient system for the richest country in the world, where healthcare should be a right.

2. "Over the past year, 22% of Americans say they have steered clear of some sort of medical care — including doctor visits, medications, vaccinations, annual exams, screenings, vision checks and routine blood work — because of the expense"

Again, once insured, people still skip the doctor because insurance deductables are insanely high.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/nearly-1-in-4-americans-are-skipping-medical-care-because-of-the-cost.html#%3A%7E%3Atext=Over+the+past+year%2C+22%2Cprescription+drug%2C+according+to+Kaiser.

3. "Uninsured adults are more likely to forgo needed care than their insured counterparts. In 2023, nearly half (46.6%) of uninsured adults ages 18 to 64 reported not seeing a doctor or health care professional in the past 12 months compared to 15.6% with private insurance and 14.2% with public coverage."

15% of insured Americans skip the doctor because it's too expensive.

https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/

You deserve better than the ACA, you should demand better.