Obamacare mostly just expanded the rolls of Medicaid (or Medi-Cal in CA).
I've had to pay many $10s of $1000's more in just premiums alone the last 6 years. If you run a small business and pay your own health insurance, it's been a brutal hit to your wallet.
People constantly say health premiums were increasing more prior to Obamacare, in "percentages". That "might" be true in that twist on the numbers or $$$ paid. But actual costs have gone up WAY more since ACA went into place for most.
It's one thing when your insurance premium goes from $100 a month to $150 a month. Ya, a huge 50% increase sounds terrible.
It's another when it goes from $600 a month to $1500 a month over only 3 years (2014-2016). Ya, that's "less" than 50% a year, but look at the difference paid in just that short period of time. This was increasing WAY more than inflation and other normal cost increases at the time.
What sounds worse, a $50 a month increase in a year, or a $900 a MONTH increase in 3 years?
And to kick you in the teeth further, paying WAY more, for WAY less coverage, along with increased co-pays and deductibles. This was ALL happening long before Trump was elected.
It was a lie I will never forget, and economically affected many millions of people. It's also why our economy was stagnating in 2015, 2016, with no hope of climbing out of it in sight. Hillary was more of the same, if not worse.