Why Is Obamacare a Rube Goldberg Contraption?

April 7, 2014

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By John C. Goodman

April 7, 2014

Also published in Forbes Mon. April 7, 2014.

Have you ever wondered why Obamacare is burdened with so much complexity? Here’s the answer: Barack Obama. Obama? Yes, the president himself. He campaigned on the promise that he would put partisanship aside and unite the country behind sensible answers to pressing problems. Then he didn’t.

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Also published in Forbes Mon. April 7, 2014.

John Goodman
is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis and President of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research.

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