Even supporters of health reform are somewhat surprised by the rightÂ’s apparent inability to come up with real cases of hardship. Surely there must be some people somewhere actually being hurt by a reform that affects millions of Americans. Why canÂ’t the right find these people and exploit them?
The most likely answer is that the true losers from Obamacare generally arenÂ’t very sympathetic. For the most part, theyÂ’re either very affluent people affected by the special taxes that help finance reform, or at least moderately well-off young men in very good health who can no longer buy cheap, minimalist plans. Neither group would play well in tear-jerker ads.