Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Holman Jenkins discusses the real-life stories of ObamaCare’s devastating impact on millions of Americans.

The press stinks at covering abstractions, which the health-care debate was until a law was enacted and put into effect. With real-world results now to unpack and examine, NBC News gave airtime to a 62-year-old North Carolina man whose monthly premium just jumped $800: “I’m sitting here looking at this, thinking we ought to just pay the fine and just get insurance when we’re sick. Everybody’s worried about whether the website works or not, but that’s fixable. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. This stuff isn’t fixable.”

 

The 62-year-old’s outrage mirrors the outrage of a much younger North Carolinian with whom I’m acquainted. She has been buying a health insurance policy on the private market and has been happy with it. She recently received the news that her premium will nearly triple.

So why do we find ourselves in this terrible situation, and what can we expect going forward? Back to Holman’s piece:

ObamaCare probably won’t succeed in covering even a majority of the uninsured. It will succeed, though, in forcing millions of Americans to buy more expensive insurance than they need or want, because that’s the insurance Mr. Obama likes and will let them keep.

To keep up with ObamaCare’s real-world impact, follow the analysis of JLF’s health and human services analyst Katherine Restrepo here.