Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America

by Grace-Marie Turner; James C. Capretta; Thomas P. Miller; Robert E. Moffit

• ISBN13: 9780062076021
• ISBN10: 0062076027
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-03-22
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)

Summary

Most people initially had high hopes for health reform. There clearly are problems that must be fixed. The president had promised that if reform passed, everyone would be able to get health insurance, costs would go down, and we would be able to keep both our doctors and our coverage. And we were told that reform would even cut the deficit and make Medicare stronger.But the law that actually passed became a Rube Goldberg contraption that can't possibly work and that fails to meet its promises-and it will make many problems worse. Officials say it will leave at least 23 million people uninsured, it is already making health insurance more expensive, and it threatens major changes to the coverage that tens of millions of Americans have today. Seniors are frightened that its cuts to future Medicare spending will jeopardize their care, and taxpayers see a flood of red ink far into the future.ObamaCare is leaving a comet tail of broken promises as it steamrolls its way through our economy and into our lives. What happened? How could there possibly be such a big gap between promise and reality?In Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America, the authors-who work for four different conservative think tanks and have led the fight to educate the American people about the impact of ObamaCare-explain exactly what the law stipulates and how the law will affect each of us: as patients, as employees, as taxpayers, and as citizens. They also lay out a plan for reforming the law so we can get health care right. Finally, the authors share concrete steps each of us can take to put the breaks on ObamaCare.