ClaimsSam Altman

“without it, being a founder would make sense for less people.”

Sam Altman, blog author 12 January 2016 Affordable Care (Sam Altman's blog)

Factual Economics and markets

Without the ACA, being a founder would make sense for fewer people.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

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Reasoning

Counterfactual about what would happen without the ACA.

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Sam Altman, “Without the ACA, being a founder would make sense for fewer people.” (said 12 January 2016). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_fcb92cc04561, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_fcb92cc04561

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