For better or worse, ObamaCare is changing U.S. health care

The question we should ask, over and over, is whether a provision incentivizes the right behavior at the systemic level

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No single piece of legislation shines a light on liberal confidence in government the way ObamaCare does.

ObamaCare was sold as an overhaul that would insure 30 million poor people, lower the cost of health care for everyone else, help balance the budget, and not affect your own private plan one iota. Conservatives responded — often not so eloquently or all that thoughtfully — that immense governmental overhauls have unintended consequences, most of which are not welcome.

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Jeb Golinkin is an attorney from Houston, Texas. You can follow him on twitter @jgolinkin.