There’s a reason I decided we should stop talking about “ObamaCare” and start calling it “the Affordable Care Act” and that’s because it reminds people that it makes health care more affordable which is a good thing!
Similarly, Igor Volsky draws our attention to a new paper from Jonathan Gruber (PDF) detailing the ways in which repealing the Affordable Care Act would make health care harder to afford:

On the plus side, repealing ACA would mean lower taxes for rich people and some medical providers.

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