Subsidizing Healthcare Hurts, Drives Up Costs

Item: The White House gushes over what is widely called ObamaCare on its website, saying: “Until President Obama fought for and signed the Affordable Care Act, for decades, millions of Americans lacked the security of health care coverage they deserve.”

Thanks to ObamaCare, says the White House, “millions of Americans who already had health insurance now have better coverage because women can no long­er be charged higher premiums than men for the same plan, people with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage, and young adults won’t age off their parents’ policy when they turn age 19 or graduate from college.”

Item: The New York Times for April 17, 2016, in an article headlined, “Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Affordable Care Act,” enthusiastically reports: “The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found. Immigrants of all backgrounds — including more than a million legal residents who are not citizens — had the sharpest rise in coverage rates.”

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