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Small Steps Toward Medical Freedom

Small Steps Toward Medical Freedom
People stand next to a sign that reads “Affordable Care Act Premiums Will Rise More Than 75%” during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 16, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Disaster beckons for millions of Americans on the Obamacare health-insurance system. Subsidies that began soon after its passage and have kept rising ever since are being allowed to expire. This will cause premiums to skyrocket as the real costs of this misnamed program (the Affordable Care Act) are revealed. Congress has so far been too tangled in confusion to do anything decisive.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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