The rate of increase of medical insurance, as a percentage of GDP, fell after the ACA began to be put in place. In fact, the rate of increase is one-fifth what it was previously. You can thank Obama.

Also, since the plans are much, much more complete, don't allow for exclusions for prior health issues and you cannot have your rates raised for those existing conditions, the policies under the ACA are also much better. (That's the community rating part.)

Personally, I know I am paying less and receiving more. Prior to the ACA, the $8k my family spent annually was a one-time-use policy, since if we actually needed to use it it would have been canceled at the end of the year. Great for traffic crashes and quick-treatment cancers like Hodgkin's, but not so great for things like breast cancer.