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Could this be more claims instead of a higher incidence? The uptick coincides with the ACA, possibly with a little lag.

Yes, possibly.

For the chances of a higher incidence I would say the way we raise our children these days is very different from when our parents raised us.

A lot of the food is processed, many environments were children play are close to sterile, etc.

This difference would probably be big enough to be noticed on a 10 year window.

Just a data point, but we have 7 kids and no allergies among them. We eat little processed foods and after school/weekends/summer the kids spend almost all their time outside. The downside is it takes longer to cook meals than just buy something pre-made and the kids need a bath every night because they come home filthy. The upside is no allergies?

> many environments were children play are close to sterile

[citation needed]

Given that these are claims of anaphylaxis, you would certainly be heading to the doctor no matter what. There would have to be a lot of newly insured people that were previously going to the emergency room and paying out of pocket if it were due to the ACA.

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