NCR editor - someone needs to stop allowing folks such as utilitas to post completely *FALSE INFORMATION* - to let his remark stand is offensive and highlights what is wrong with today's debate.  It glorifies an ideology rather than face facts.
PPACA is NOT a disaster - every fact checker has proven that.  The election was not decided because of the PPACA.  
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-obamacare-marketplaces-arent-in-a-death-spiral/
Key refutation:
The Obamacare marketplaces are not in a death spiral, according to various health policy experts, despite numerous Republicans’ claims to the contrary. In fact, the term, at least under its pre-Obamacare definition, is largely obsolete. That’s because the ACA fundamentally changed how the markets are organized.