An Obamacare Replacement Should Focus on the Median American

Published January 31, 2017 3:14pm ET



Part of why Obamacare is so unpopular is that it is neglects the typical American. As Republicans deliberate over an alternative to Obamacare, this provides a huge opening.

Obamacare is bad for the typical—or median—American for a wide variety of reasons, including the following: its unprecedented individual mandate; its inept manner of dealing with preexisting conditions, which has sent premiums soaring (by 40 percent over the past two years); its roughly $2 trillion price-tag (over a decade); and its consolidation and centralization of power and money at the expense of Americans’ liberty and their wallets.

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