We’re just days away from the Supreme Court’s monumental ruling
on The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. As we wait on
the high court’s final ruling, it’s a good time to review just why
the law is a bad idea from just about every possible angle. “3
Reasons to End Obamacare Before it Begins” was produced by Meredith
Bragg and Nick Gillespie and originally ran on March 25, 2012.
Here’s the original text for the release:

As the legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act – a.k.a. ObamaCare – goes before the highest court in the land,
here are three reasons to chuck the whole program even before it
gets underway.

1. It Represents the End of Limited Government.
The Supreme Court will issue its verdict later this spring of
course, but there’s no question that if the government can force
you to do something simply because you exist and draw breath, 
then the American experiment in limited government is over and done
with. Whether it’s the mandating of eating broccoli or buying
insurance, a government that can make you do whatever it wants just
ain’t in the American grain.

2. Its Price Tag is Already
Ballooning. The latest government estimate of cost
tells us what we already knew. Health-care reform is going to cost
us a lot more than the arm and the leg it’s supposed to save us.
The Congressional Budget Office is now saying that the
first full decade of Obamacare is going to cost about $1.8
trillion , or double the original estimate used to sell
the program.

3. Obamacare Won’t Make Us
Healthier. Health insurance isn’t the same thing as
health. Most of us might end up paying more for health care under
the new law, but there’s precious little evidence that coverage
itself leads to lower medical costs. A 1993 study by the RAND
Corporation found that “for
the average person, there were no substantial benefits from free
care .” Not smoking, eating moderately, and not boozing it
up provide greater health benefits than any low-deductible,
low-co-pay insurance plan.

Produced by Meredith Bragg; written by Nick Gillespie, who also
narrates.

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