Obama’s top five health care lies

Shikha Dalmia had a brilliant column in Forbes last week, reprinted at Reason this week, on “Obama’s top five lies” about health care:

1. No one will be compelled to buy coverage.
2. No new taxes on employer benefits.
3. Government can control rising health care costs better than the private sector.
4. A public plan won’t be a Trojan horse for a single-payer monopoly.
5. Patients don’t have to fear rationing.

You can read why you ought to regard these claims as dubious by reading her full column.

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