# Obamacare Was Not a Failure

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Podcast: [Guns and Butter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/guns-and-butter-7016852)
Published: 2025-12-11T16:43:09+00:00
Episode link: https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/obamacare-was-not-failure
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As Congress scrambles to extend emergency subsidies to keep Obamacare afloat, it can be tempting to view the bill that made healthcare less affordable as a total failure. But that wasn’t the true purpose of the ACA. It was always meant to prop up the faltering crony healthcare system. Read the article here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/obamacare-was-not-failure Be sure to follow the Guns and Butter podcast at https://Mises.org/GB

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