One-Year Anniversary: The Incredible Shrinking Obama Health Care Law

Kevin Zeese | Thursday 24 March 2011

The health care crisis grows while the 2010 health reform shrinks.

At its one-year anniversary, the Obama health care law is shrinking while the health care crisis grows. Americans who lack any health coverage still exceeds 50 million, over 45,000 deaths occur annually due to lack of health insurance, and 40 million Americans, including over 10 million children, are underinsured.

Premiums are rising and coverage is shrinking; a new norm is taking hold in America: "Unaffordable underinsurance." This month, the number of waivers granted to the Obama health law broke 1,000, protecting inadequate insurance plans. The expansion of health insurance to the uninsured is becoming a mirage. The Obama administration has told states they could reduce the number of people covered by Medicaid as well as reduce the services provided. And the centerpiece of the law is under court challenge, - the mandate is the first time ever the federal government has forced Americans to buy a corporate product, private health insurance - heading to a close Supreme Court decision.