Debate: Is Obamacare Working?
The law is starting to take effect. Were the dire predictions correct, or is it lowering costs and expanding access?

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare lowered costs and children were able to utilize it until employment was found.
Warrant 0: low costs can hurt providers
Warrant 1: low costs can help providers
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare was a return of healthcare to the free market.
Warrant 0: capitalism is a good system
Warrant 1: capitalism is a doomed system
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is working
Reason: The high cost of premiums will drive younger healthy people to avoid purchasing the insurance and instead pay the tax penalty.
Warrant 0: young people can't save money by not buying the insurance
Warrant 1: young people will save money by not buying the insurance
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: It's the best we could do with circumstances aren't likey to change soon.
Warrant 0: the situations are working
Warrant 1: the situations aren't working
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is working
Reason: The market allows companies to raise prices at their leisure, there is no motivation for them to keep costs reasonable across the board.
Warrant 0: Obamacare DOES provide the requirement for fair pricing
Warrant 1: Obamacare DOES not provide the requirement for fair pricing
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare has allowed people with pre-existing conditions to change employment.
Warrant 0: changing jobs does not upset economic and social planning
Warrant 1: changing jobs upsets economic and social planning
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare lowered costs and children were able to utilize it until employment was found.
Warrant 0: costs have declined even for those children
Warrant 1: costs have risen even for those children
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare has removed insurance companies' ability to refuse coverage to consumers.
Warrant 0: this hasn't caused the cost of insurance to skyrocket
Warrant 1: this has caused the cost of insurance to skyrocket
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: Obamacare was a return of healthcare to the free market.
Warrant 0: that idea in theory proved successful in practice
Warrant 1: that idea in theory did not bear out successfully in practice
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Obamacare is working
Reason: It is not a top notch plan.
Warrant 0: Obamacare is being revamped and is better each year
Warrant 1: Obamacare is worse each year
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Obamacare is not working
Reason: While not perfect, Obamacare provides healthcare for some people that would otherwise not be able to afford health insurance.
Warrant 0: ACA does offer affordable insurance to everyone.
Warrant 1: ACA does not offer affordable insurance to everyone.
Correct warrant: 1