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Liberals just being liberals

Mark this one down in your amazing-but-true book: Liberals in Congress admit they made a mistake on Obamacare.

But you had to know what comes next: The mistake was in not making it expensive enough for tens of millions of people.

As critics of Obamacare pointed out, it was far from a panacea for many low-income Americans. The only health insurance they can afford under the law has high out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles.

Liberals say the problem, “underinsurance,” has to be rectified.

There are just two ways to do that. First, taxpayers’ money could be used to subsidize lower out-of-pocket costs for those with basic Obamacare coverage. Second, insurance companies could be required to improve benefits – and would pass that cost on to people who pay for their own insurance without government subsidies.

Obamacare already has made health insurance more costly for many Americans. Now the liberals want to make it even pricier. It figures.

Liberals just being liberals

Mark this one down in your amazing-but-true book: Liberals in Congress admit they made a mistake on Obamacare.

But you had to know what comes next: The mistake was in not making it expensive enough for tens of millions of people.

As critics of Obamacare pointed out, it was far from a panacea for many low-income Americans. The only health insurance they can afford under the law has high out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles.

Liberals say the problem, “underinsurance,” has to be rectified.

There are just two ways to do that. First, taxpayers’ money could be used to subsidize lower out-of-pocket costs for those with basic Obamacare coverage. Second, insurance companies could be required to improve benefits – and would pass that cost on to people who pay for their own insurance without government subsidies.

Obamacare already has made health insurance more costly for many Americans. Now the liberals want to make it even pricier. It figures.

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