Seeds of Destruction: Why the Path to Economic Ruin Runs Through Washington, and How to Reclaim American Prosperity

Chapter Nine: Why ObamaCare Makes Our Economy Sick

“What will [ObamaCare] mean for America? The short answer is that the reforms will expand coverage dramatically, but at a heavy cost to the taxpayer. They will also do far too little to rein in the underlying drivers of America’s roaring health inflation. ... And that rate of spending was already unsustainable at a time when the baby-boomers are starting to retire in large numbers.”

Economist (March 2010)¹

President Barack Obama was right to pursue health care reform. America’s costly health care system doesn’t deliver enough value for the money spent. However, the legislation he slipped through Congress is just plain wrong.

Stripped of rhetoric, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...