The stealth Obamacare expansion

Published March 6, 2021 5:00am ET



President Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill actually does very little to combat the coronavirus pandemic. But among other things, it includes a stealth expansion of Obamacare.

The brazenness of Biden’s bill is something to behold. Just about 1% of the $1.9 trillion price tag is dedicated to vaccination efforts — the quickest path out of the crisis. Only about 5% is directly related to the broader efforts to fight COVID-19. Instead, the bill (which comes on top of $4.1 trillion in money already spent in response to the virus) spends hundreds of billions of dollars on liberal wish list items, pension bailouts, and unnecessary state and local aid.

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