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A conservative explains how Obamacare is conservative

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By Pat Cunningham

J.D.Kleinke, a resident fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, SAYS Obamacare “is based on conservative, not liberal, ideas about individual responsibility and the power of market forces.”

This fundamental ideological paradox, drowned out by partisan shouting since before the plan’s passage in 2010, explains why Obamacare has only lukewarm support from many liberals, who wanted a real, not imagined, “government takeover of health care.” It explains why Republicans have been unable since its passage to come up with anything better. And it explains why the law is nearly identical in design to the legislation Mr. Romney passed in Massachusetts ...

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