How Obamacare Burdens Already Strained State Budgets

Finally, state lawmakers should demand that federal officials be held accountable for dumping billions in unfunded liabilities onto states. They should apply maximum pressure on the Obama Administration and Congress to explain how states are expected to implement PPACA without appropriate funding or administrative guidance. This public pressure will inform taxpayers of the incredible burdens that PPACA places on the states and, ultimately, on them. Moreover, it allows citizens to hold the right people accountable for the poor policy outcomes created by PPACA.
The difficult budgetary choices that states face in the years ahead are yet more unintended consequences of President Obama’s health care “overhaul.” Had the Administration instead pursued a federalist model of health care reform, allowing states to be the laboratories of democracy that the Founders intended, states could then focus their energies on the innovative health care reforms that work best for their own citizens. Instead, PPACA has left policymakers in capitals across the country worrying about how to deal with billions in new spending during already-harsh times.