After 13 Years, ‘Obamacare’ Offers Broken Promises and Costly Consequences

A review of former President Barack Obama’s health care law 13 years after its adoption shows a history of broken promises and costly consequences.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obamacare”—was signed into law by Obama on March 23, 2010.
Among the many promises Obama made as he pitched his program to the American people was one he repeated in one iteration or another no less than 37 times, Politifact reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama is interviewed by Vox at the Blair House in Washington on Jan. 6, 2017. The president discussed the future of Obamacare during a livestreamed broadcast. (Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)
“Under our proposals, if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor. If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story,” Obama said during a presidential weekly address in 2009….