The president’s SOTU speech made no mention of the Affordable Care Act. In fact, the speech nearly ducked entirely the single largest problem most in need of the forward-looking bipartisan team effort repeatedly invoked by the president. According to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest long-term spending projections, the federal government is slated to increase in size by more than 40 percent (relative to the economy) over the next 75 years. Fully 100 percent of that increase can be attributed to growth in federally-financed healthcare entitlements.
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