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Friday, June 19, 2009

Obama’s Impossible Healthcare Reform Promises

Examining the Realities of the Public Option


In his drive to “reform” health care … Barack Obama is clearly terrified that his mission will crash and burn if people think it will cost them their freedom of choice in doctors and insurance. So he must persuade us that this freedom will be safe under his plan. But can he make a truly persuasive case?


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.