Opinion: What I got wrong about the Affordable Care Act — and how to fix it

In November 2009, I joined 10 other economists in a letter urging Congress to pass a bill that became the Affordable Care Act. I could hardly imagine what would come next. The ACA promised to expand coverage, and it did. But I signed the letter primarily because the ACA promised to “bend the cost curve” of American health care, which was getting out of control. A 2010 Institute of Medicine report found $750–$765 billion in wasteful health spending in 2009, roughly 30 cents of every health care dollar. Read the rest…

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