JLF’s Katherine Restrepo explains how Obamacare relies on ‘young invincibles’ to stay afloat

September 30, 2013

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Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses the impact of Obamacare on N.C. health insurance premiums, including the reliance on “young invincibles” to subsidize the system. Restrepo offered these comments during a Sept. 30, 2013, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.

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