Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2009

Obamacare to Come: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform

Michael D. Tanner

May 2009

The Cato Institute

Abstract

President Obama has made it clear that reforming the American health care system will be one of his top priorities. In response, congressional leaders have promised to introduce legislation by this summer, and they hope for an initial vote in the Senate before the Labor Day recess. While the Obama administration has not, and does not seem likely to, put forward a specific reform plan, it is possible to discern the key components of any plan likely to emerge from Congress.