ObamaCare's Crippling Deficits

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Author(s) Martin Feldstein
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date September 7, 2009
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203585004574393110640864526.html
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Quotes-start.png "The CBO's cost estimate understates the number who would receive the subsidy because it ignores the incentive for many firms to drop employer-provided coverage. It also ignores the strong incentive that individuals would have to reduce reportable cash incomes to qualify for higher subsidy rates. The total cost of ObamaCare over the next decade likely would be closer to $2 trillion than to $1 trillion." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.