Obamacare: Confusion in High Places

Much of the public remains badly confused about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This shouldn't be a surprise. It is a complicated bill. Also, there has been much effort to deliberately create confusion. For example, Republicans invented stories of ACA death panels and massive job loss. Major media outlets, in their commitment to neutral reporting, treated such claims seriously, along with the assertion that the earth is flat.

While the public's confusion is understandable, if regrettable, the...