Educating Robert Samuelson: "Affordable" Insurance is in Reference to the Person Buying It

Robert Samuelson thinks that he has news for Obamacare supporters. He tells readers:


"Obamacare supposedly makes insurance more affordable. Not really. Health costs are simply shifted. To subsidize insurance for some means raising taxes for others, cutting other programs or accepting larger deficits. Only reducing costs or increasing efficiency can make health care more affordable."


Apparently Samuelson didn't realize that "affordable" is in reference to the person buying the insurance. The i...

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Published on October 24, 2013 03:22
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