Most people - OK, not Democrats or journalists - understand that ObamaCare represented a big-government takeover of health care. It didn't actually make it part of the government, but it manipulated care and insurance markets in such a way that it essentially put politicians in control of this entire segment of the economy. You get that.
What you probably don't get, because it's not widely understood, is just how pernicious the design of ObamaCare was - or I should say is, because as of this moment it's still on the books and there's no guarantee as I sit here right now that it's going to be repealed. ObamaCare was designed to increase, over time, the number of people dependent on Medicaid and subsidized ObamaCare policies in order to get their health care. This, consequently, was designed to necessitate far greater tax increases than the ones imposed initially when ObamaCare passed.
