The ACA was far, far from perfect, but it still had one major provision that has saved thousands, possibly millions of lives in the years since. By barring insurance companies from refusing coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, or from charging them massively higher premiums, millions of people with chronic illnesses and millions more who have survived life-threatening diseases and injuries are still able to access health care today. Imagine what a clusterfuck post-COVID America would be if everyone who had a serious case was no longer insurable.