I wondered why it would take such a 2000+-page monstrosity
of a bill to "cure" the ills of our healthcare system. Wouldn't it be
easier to come up with something that does not disrupt what 90% of the
Americans have for health insurance and deal directly with those people who do
not have it? I'm thinking of something similar to what used to be called food
stamps. Maybe they would be called med stamps! Or do what they do in
Switzerland: provide a direct subsidy to people who cannot afford health
insurance or if the cost of the insurance exceeds a certain percent of their
income. One possible explanation is that Obamacare gives our wise government
bureaucrats complete control over a large sector of our economy. I'm sure
there's some of that motivating the drive to develop such a complicated mess of
legislation.
I also figured it had to be the result of the unholy
alliance we have between government and big business. (This relationship is
often referred to as crony capitalism, however I prefer the term crony
corporatism.) The post below by Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute confirms
this suspicion by providing some background on the birth (or should we say
failed abortion?) of Obama care. Be sure to check out the link that Mitchell
provides in his post to an article that appeared in the Washington Examiner.
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