Giving Compass' Take:

• Debates over ObamaCare have been constant. AEI discusses that the rising amount we spend on healthcare is not the same thing as rising prices, and often reflects good not bad developments. Therefore the costs of our system versus others are often exaggerated, and the benefits of our system often minimized, for political purposes.

• How can our American government provide a healthcare system that incorporates what our community needs and also is approved by our political system?

• Learn more about the direction our healthcare systems are trying to go and the problems encountered. 

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare decision, we must refocus. The Court’s decision was never about whether ObamaCare was a good idea, only about whether it was constitutional. The Court found a convoluted way to uphold the law.

That’s done, but the debate on whether ObamaCare’s provisions are good ideas will continue. To date, this debate has been unable to shake off a lot of mythology—things believed about healthcare and our healthcare system in general, or ObamaCare specifically—that simply are not so.

  • Myth #1:  Healthcare prices have soared in the recent past
  • Myth #2:  The pre-ObamaCare system was ‘insurance’
  • Myth #3: Stopping insurance companies from charging based on pre-existing conditions is the one good part of ObamaCare
  • Myth #4: Healthcare costs are very high in the United States compared to socialized countries

Read the full article about healthcare reform by Cliff Asness at AEI.