August 11, 2026

TANSTAAFL: Obamacare turns three and the costs continue to tally [Infographic]

English: Barack Obama signing the Patient Prot...

This week in TANSTAAFL news: it’s  Obamacare‘s third anniversary, and, as then Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said, we had to pass it to find out what’s in it.

We’re still trying to find out what’s in it. Today, for your pleasure, a small infographic on the costs that have come with the ironically named Affordable Care Act.


 

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“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” said Robert Heinlein. It’s as true today as it was fifty years ago. Someday, the piper’s going to come calling, and the cost may be more than we can afford. What then?

 

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Daniel Burton lives in Salt Lake County, Utah, where he practices law by day and everything else by night. You can follow him on his blog PubliusOnline.com where he muses on politics, the law, books and ideas. He is active on social media, Republican politics, and has been named to PoliticIt’s list of the “Top-50 Utah Political Opinion Leaders” on Twitter. You can reach him directly at dan.burton@gmail.com