An ObamaCare Appeal From the States

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Author(s) Mitch Daniels
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date February 7, 2011
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104576122172835584158.html
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Quotes-start.png When a majority of states, including Indiana, declined to participate in setting up [high-risk] pools, which cover those with high-cost, existing conditions, the task fell to HHS. As widely reported, it went poorly, with costs far above predictions and only a tiny fraction of the expected population signing up. If the feds can't manage this little project, what should we expect if they attempt it on a scale hundreds of times larger and more complex? Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.