...

Reading Progress:

Reading Time: ( Word Count: )

Obamacare Didn’t Fail Because It Was Never about ‘Affordable Care’

This Mises Institute commentary succinctly explains why the "Affordable Care Act" was never designed to lower health care costs.

Dec 16, 2025 | 0 comments

Connor O’Keeffe at the Mises Institute has a superb commentary explaining why it’s not technically correct to say that the so-called “Affordable Care Act”, a.k.a. Obamacare, has “failed”.

It’s not that it didn’t achieve it’s objective, he explains, just that the objective was never affordable care. Read his article at Mises.org or watch the commentary here:

I had the pleasure of meeting Connor at my Soho Forum debate on the root cause of the Israel-Palestine conflict in New York in February 2024.

I’ve been writing about how Obamacare was both unconstitutional and would only increase health care costs from the start.

See in particulary my analysis of the Supreme Court’s absurd ruling that the law is constitutional:

And here’s a collection of articles containing my predictions and explanations about why the law would only make things worse:

Now you know. Others don’t. Share the knowledge.

About the Author

About the Author

I am an independent researcher, journalist, and author dedicated to exposing mainstream propaganda that serves to manufacture consent for criminal government policies.

I write about critically important issues including US foreign policy, economic policy, and so-called "public health" policies.

My books include Obstacle to Peace: The US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis, and The War on Informed Consent.

To learn more about my mission and core values, visit my About page.

Share Your Thoughts

(You can format comments using simple HTML — <b>bold</b>, <i>italics</i>, and <blockquote>quoted text</blockquote>)

>
51 Shares
51 Shares
Share via
Copy link