In 2010, the US census stated that the number of uninsured in this country was at 16.3%: https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/incpovhlth/2010/highlights.html During the first quarter 2015, the percentage of uninsured Americans dropped to %. http://obamacarefacts.com/2015/04/13/us-uninsured-rate-drops-11-9-in-first-quarter-2015/ So, most Americans (83.7%) were already insured prior to the signing of the ACA into law, and slightly more (88.1%) Americans are insured today. For all the billions spent on the ACA, all we got was a 4.4% decrease in the number of uninsured. Seems very little bang for the huge amount of bucks. Further, those modest gains are jeopardized by rising premiums and insurance companies threatening to pull out of the program. But this is nothing more then a Storm tactic to crash the healthcare system and force a change to a single payer system. If you don't believe me, just ask Harry Reid: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/10/reid-says-obamacare-just-step-toward-eventual-sing/
All those states that did expand Medicaid will stop this program once the Federal government stops paying for it.
You need to educate yourself on Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the other major insurance companies. They have made record profits since the ACA passed. They have made so much money that your premiums are being used to expand coverage in other countries. All of these companies are in the mortgage business for commercial property. United Healthcare owns a bank among many other businesses out there. Their financial reports can easily be looked up on the internet
It's "not-for-profit" because it doesn't have any "profits" at the end of the year. The claims that BCBS earns profits are disputed by the IRS that audits BCBS tax returns. If BCBS was operating "for-profit" it would have it's 501 status revoked by the IRS. Revenue does not equal profit so many cite the "revenue" statistics without regard for the "expenditures" that result in zero profit at the end of the year. Of note some "operating" money can be retained from year to year by a "not-for-profit" entity and many mistakenly believe this represents "profit" when, in fact, it doesn't.
consumersunion.org/.../prescriptionforchange.org-surp Please read this because BC/BS do profit, only they call it surpluses.