Krauthammer: Why Obamacare Is Sinking

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What happened to Obamacare? Rhetoric met reality. As both candidate and president, the master rhetorician could conjure a world in which he bestows upon you health-care nirvana: more coverage, less cost. 

But you can't fake it in legislation. Once you commit your fantasies to words and numbers, theCongressional Budget Office comes along and declares that the emperor has no clothes. 

President Obama premised the need for reform on the claim that medical costs are destroying the economy. True. But now we learn — surprise! — that universal coverage increases costs. The congressional Democrats' health-care plans, says the CBO, increase costs in the range of $1 trillion plus.