ObamaCare by the Numbers: Part 1

Here goes another post destined to make me unpopular in some quarters. (You can find my previous contribution on the same subject here.)

From a political and historical perspective, the passage of health-care reform is a major victory for liberals, moderates, and even conservatives with a social conscience. It has long been a national disgrace that a country as rich as the United States failed to provide basic health care for tens of millions of its citizens. President Obama, to his credit...