Lanhee J Chen, Columnist

Obamacare Doctor Rationing Begins in California

People getting health insurance through the California exchange may get fewer choices than they think.

September 16, 2013 at 5:46 PM UTC

Lanhee Chen is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution who also teaches public policy at Stanford University. He was the policy director of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. Chen was a senior official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration. He practiced business litigation with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and served as the Winnie Neubauer visiting fellow in health policy studies at the Heritage Foundation. Chen earned his doctorate and master's degree in political science from Harvard University, his law degree from Harvard Law School and his bachelor's degree in government from Harvard College.

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The latest bad news for the Affordable Care Act comes from California, a state that the Obama administration has consistently pointed to as an important indicator of the law's success. President Barack Obama even traveled to the Golden State in June to tout the health-care law's success at "pushing down costs" for consumers. Unfortunately, several analyses have recently revealed that because of Obamacare individual health insurance premiums are headed anywhere but down for California residents.

The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that Californians will actually be paying more for less because of the "Affordable" Care Act. From the article: