Lessons for Australia in USA Debacle, by James Hickman

They’re going to cram EVs down our throats, whether we like it or not, and whether or not it makes any economic sense. From James Hickman at stophumansacrifice.substack.com:

It was March 23, 2010, when Barack Obama signed his infamous “Affordable Care Act” into law.

And in theory it was a nice idea. Healthcare in the US was incredibly expensive, and he wanted to bring costs down. But the execution was abysmal.

Since 2010, the number of uninsured Americans is still far, far beyond their most conservative projections. Medical costs in the Land of the Free have soared to record highs, vastly outpacing both inflation and wage growth.

According to the US Labor Department’s Consumer Expenditures data, for example, Americans spent 6.6% of their household budgets on healthcare back in 2010 before Obamacare was enacted.

That share has now risen beyond 8%. This means that Americans are spending more money on healthcare than before, and in many respects, they’re getting lower quality care: longer emergency room wait times. Longer referral wait times. More bureaucracy.

So, sure, making healthcare more affordable was a nice idea. But the execution was terrible.

And with Obamacare’s execution, one needn’t look any further than the debacle that became the healthcare.gov website.

They started development for the Obamacare website as soon as the legislation was signed. Its cost was originally supposed to be $93.7 million— which itself is an astonishing figure for a website. But, as usual with the government, spending quickly spiraled out of control.

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