October 13, 2010 1:02PM 

# A Hidden Cost of ObamaCare 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Today at the Cato Institute, Duke University Prof. Chris Conover presented his estimates of the economic losses that will be created by the taxes necessary to fund [ObamaCare](https://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/BadMedicineWP.pdf). This chart is taken from his presentation:

**The Excess Burden of ObamaCare**

![Media Name: Conover-chart.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/Conover-chart.jpg?itok=l2wQavL_) 

Here’s Conover’s [full presentation](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=7553) (with comments by former Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Holtz-Eakin), as well as his [Cato Policy Analysis](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12197), and his [op-ed](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12470).

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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