Policy

Economist Predicts "Utter Chaos" From Obamacare

High level of uncertainty, low level of good policy

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With President Obama's Affordable Care Act no longer in doubt, state governments are working furiously to get a handle on what it will mean to expand healthcare to millions of Americans.

In Kansas, the debate has spurred a handful of studies from an array of organizations, each reading the proverbial tea leaves and developing their own conclusion. But with so many experts offering such varied predictions, very little is actually certain.

"What's going to happen is utter chaos," said Jagadeesh Gokhale, senior fellow with the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute.