To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Observercast

Obamacare Should Be Less Complex

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BY FROMA HARROP Let’s start on an upbeat. Next to what we had before, ObamaCare has been a spectacular success. The Affordable Care Act has brought medical security to millions of previously uninsured Americans and has helped slow the rise in health care spending. But the health reforms would have been more spectacular had they been simpler to follow and understand. Complexity is their big flaw. It was the product of politicians’ cutting so many […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.