I am surprised to see even some PPACA supporters are now upset with the law because it mandates expensive features to health insurance. This was not something buried in the thousand-page bill. It was a CENTERPIECE of the system that politicians touted every day: no underwriting allowed, no lifetime max, no policies that don't cover mental health, no very-high deductibles. Anyone with half a brain knows that additional features on any product do not come for free.

I scoffed when PPACA critics expressed outrage. When I hear supporters upset about it, though, I think it illustrates a bigger problem.

I suspect supporters are upset because they were sold on the idea “the gov't would handle this for you. You don't need to think about it.”

It again makes me think of the recovered addict I knew who told me back when she was an addict her favorite job was a park service job that took care of her meals, housing, healthcare, and uniforms; so she was free to blow her entire paycheck mindlessly on drugs. That's the mindset of some of the people who supported PPACA.

This does not change my opinion that PPACA does more good than harm. I'm just starting to think about the intangible harm that comes from the mindset of mindlessly turning over a big chunk of your household expenses to be managed by someone else. I do not think PPACA necessarily does that, but the reaction suggests to me that some people want it to. Some people want to turn managing their life over to someone else.