http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... hp_opinionIt didn't. The White House and industry were working hand-in-glove to pass ObamaCare in 2009, and among the vehicles supplying ad support was an outfit named Healthy Economy Now (HEN). News stories at the time described this as a "coalition" that included the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the American Medical Association, and labor groups—suggesting these entities had started and controlled it.
Maybe the individual mandate should have tipped us off to Obamacare's really being a way to transfer wealth from individuals to big health care corporations.