The right continues to complain that Obamacare is going to ruin our country, but it’s getting to be a hard argument to make. Every month, it seems there’s more news about how the Affordable Care Act is making health care more accessible and more affordable. Last month, it was shrinking the Medicare Part D “doughnut hole.” This month, it’s a drastic increase in young adults’ access to insurance:

New results from the National Health Interview Survey show that, from September 2010, when this part of the law took effect, to June 2011, the percentage of 19 to 25 year olds with health insurance coverage increased by more than 8 percentage points, from 64.4 percent to 72.7 percent.  This translates to roughly 2.5 million young adults gaining coverage.

A closer look at the NHIS data makes it clear that the Affordable Care Act is responsible for this good news.  First, the coverage gains were accounted for entirely by an increase in private insurance coverage.  There has been no statistically significant change in the percentage of 19 to 25 year olds covered by public health insurance since September 2010.  Second, as shown in the graph, the percent of young adults between the ages of 26 and 35 with health insurance coverage stayed roughly constant over the same time period. [Emphasis added]

For some sick reason, the Republicans want to repeal this program that’s already doing so much good for millions of Americans. I guess it fits in well next to their platform of ending Medicare. What exactly does the GOP have against expanding access to health care?