Most Surprising Reselt of the ACA after 1 Yr.

I really thought more people would have signed up for the high-risk pools:

The vast army of uninsurable people is AWOL. I thought one of the strongest arguments for the mandate--and the broad outlines of PPACA--was people with pre-existing conditions. The new high-risk pools were supposed to be a stop-gap for those people until PPACA kicked in. But so far, just 12,000 have signed up, or about 3% of the expected total. Either pre-existing conditions just aren't the large problem that advocates claimed, or something has gone disastrously wrong with the implementation of these pools. (from the Atlantic.com)