It’s puzzling to see some elected officials and opinion writers falling all over themselves to have the state of Idaho implement Obamacare by creating a state health insurance exchange. This puzzle has come into greater focus in recent days, as new health insurance exchange questions yield vague answers, and those answers lead to new questions. To illustrate, let’s suppose you decide you want to open a restaurant, a pet store or an auto repair shop. What sorts of things might you need to know to open said business? You might want to know stuff like how much money it would cost to build or lease space, how much money you need to invest in equipment, how big your payroll will be and other operating costs. You’d also want to know in very specific details what government regulatory requirements you will be required to meet. And it’s not just you who would need to know, but also your investors, who naturally want to know their risk and reward/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here.

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