Could Krugman be any more condescending. Once again an enlightened progressive telling the masses what to do. As a small business owner I have seen and will continue to see the crushing affects of Obamacare. I hope something happens before it is too late.

As usual, Mr. Krugman's arrogance toward US citizens blinds him to any rational analysis of the polls, the court cases, and of course rights. The beginning joke is insulting, and make no mistake, "Kentucky" was used on purpose. This idea that all of the people in flyby are ignorant of what they are getting in Obamacare and so dumb in fact they do NOT KNOW WHO TO THANK?! Fair goers should purposely ignore those booths. wait! are they giving out free water bottles?

Misdirecton.

The secret of all good magic, and sleight of hand.

This oped in any other publication, would answer the definition of "propaganda". But, in the NYT, it is their interpretation of objective 'reporting'.

The Republican "counter arguments" have no charges to answer to, since the Republicans were shut out of the political negotiating process that resulted in the Affordable Health Care Act. The Democrats crafted it all by themselves, and 'own' it in total. They will also 'own' the chaos that we are starting to witness on a daily basis.

Not a single Republican voted for this, and the 2010 mid-term elections prove that, as far as the voting public was concerned, they were on the right side of history.

This is a new take on the very-old joke "keep the gov't's hands off my Medicare". There is a lot of truth to it. There was a legitimate problem with healthcare. I lobbied my representative (Tammy Baldwin, who was tangentially involved and had made healthcare a campaign point) for a market-based solution. I lobbied to allow HSAs, which happened. The rest didn't turn out as I wanted.

The counter-arguments Republicans offer are incredibly lame, though, are incredibly lame. PPACA appears to be here to stay. It's not nearly as bad as critics say, so it's here to stay.

This is not a good thing, though, because a more open system, without limits on the types of insurance contracts people may enter, would be even better.

As gov't legislation goes, though, PPACA will do way more good than harm.