Obamacare: Love it or hate it?

Pediatrician Dr. Richard Wagner examines Gabrielle Martin, 3, during her annual checkup. Dr. Wagner has always purchased his own insurance in the individual market, paying less than $400 a month. His costs are most likely to increase, but he is okay with that. “It’s not perfect, but something has to be done” said Wagner.

By Rick Badie

Oct 29, 2013

Today’s moderator: Rick Badie

Rick Badie joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an education reporter in 1997. A South Georgia native, he’s covered the region’s immigrant communities, was a feature obituary writer and opinion columnist for the AJC’s Gwinnett edition.

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The raucous ongoing national debate continues over the merits — or demerits — of Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act. Today, a real estate entrepreneur from Peachtree City writes about the benefits of Obamacare and how it helps the nation live up to Judeo-Christian founding values. On the other side of the issue, an economist and business school professor criticizes both health care reform and the bureaucrats who produced the complex program. Join the conversation at: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/

Guest columns:

Why I love Obamacare by Anthony Alaimo

Obamacare and America's journey into the Third World by Peter Morici

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