, Columnist
11 Pieces of Obamacare Conventional Wisdom That Shouldn’t Be So Conventional
Most of these points arenât dead wrong -- they could be true. But
theyâre considerably more uncertain than most pundits seem to think.
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As we approach the Great Unveiling next week, you're going to see a lot of these talking points repeated as if they're facts. Most of them aren't dead wrong -- they could be true. But they're considerably more uncertain than most pundits seem to think.
1. Once Obamacare goes into effect, it will be impossible to substantially cut it back. Both sides seem convinced of this -- Republicans in terror, Democrats in glee. Funny thing, though -- the other day, my father mentioned casually that many of his classmates at the Syracuse's Maxwell School of Public Policy in the mid-to-late 1960s had been on Medicaid. And then, suddenly, they weren't.