Axios analyzed the earnings of the 70 largest U.S. healthcare companies' CEOs since the ACA was enacted seven years ago.
Here's what you should note:
1. Over the past seven years, the 70 executives have made $9.8 billion combined.
2. Per year, this figure averages to approximately $20 million per CEO.
3. Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences former CEO John Martin made $863 million one year, surpassing the pay of any CEO in that timeframe.
4. CEOs made slightly less in 2016 compared to the year prior. In 2015, the 70 executives made $2 billion, which averages to $28.5 million per CEO.
5. Pharmaceutical and drug-related company CEOs were 11 of the top 20 earnings.