
The Obamacare Ratchet Effect
The Republicans have learned a basic political lesson: benefit programs create their own constituencies. Will Democrats catch on?
Michael Paarlberg is an assistant professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
The Republicans have learned a basic political lesson: benefit programs create their own constituencies. Will Democrats catch on?
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