ACA has helped protect low-income patients from catastrophic spending for surgery
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

In the years after 2014, when the Affordable Care Act`s health insurance marketplaces were established, low-income patients who underwent a surgical procedure saved an average of $601 in out-of-pocket spending and $968 in premium spending per year, compared to before the marketplaces existed. Those low-income patients also had a 35% lower chance of having catastrophic levels of household medical spending.