September 16, 2013 12:13PM # Goldhill: ObamaCare as Old-Fashioned Health Policy By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE Another excerpt from David Goldhill’s new book, [*Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father – And How We can Fix It*](http://www.amazon.com/Catastrophic-Care-American-Health-Father/dp/0307961540): > Despite the good intentions of its authors, the ACA is less a reform of our health care system than an extension of its current principles to their logical end… > > > In a system burdened by complexity, bureaucratic explosion, and lack of innovation, the ACA paves the way for even more rules, many of which are merely mandates for future rules and ever more committees and commissions… > > > The problem with the ACA isn’t that it represents “government takeover of heath care” or “socialism”…The problem with the ACA is that it’s so old-fashioned. Register now for Cato’s [book forum](https://www.cato.org/events/catastrophic-care-how-american-health-care-killed-father-how-we-can-fix-it) on *Catastrophic Care* featuring Goldhill, the Brookings Institution’s [Kavita Patel](http://www.brookings.edu/experts/patelk), and me. The forum is this Wednesday, September 18, from 12–1:30pm at the Cato Institute. Click [here](https://www.cato.org/events/catastrophic-care-how-american-health-care-killed-father-how-we-can-fix-it) to register. Seats are limited, so register now. ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).