Contrary to common wisdom, the American health insurance industry did not oppose President Obama’s healthcare reforms. Far from it. Big health insurance was actually quite desperate for Obamacare to pass, and indeed took extraordinary steps, at critical times, to make sure that it did.
In this series of articles, DrRich reveals why the insurance industry supported Obamacare, how the industry supported Obamacare, and (most importantly) what that support means to Progressives who pine for a single-payer healthcare system, and to Conservatives who pine for the repeal of Obamacare.
Part I – Another Reason He Should Have Kept the Bust
Part II – Why the Health Insurance Industry Supported Obamacare
Part III – How the Health Insurance Industry Saved Obamacare
Part IV – What It Means That the Health Insurance Industry Saved Obamacare
[...] none of this will be news to readers of Dr. Rich’s Covert Rationing Blog, which has always contended that health insurers were largely behind much of the ObamaCare initiative all along. However it [...]