October 31, 2025 9:34AM # Podcast: Obamacare & the Government “Shutdown” By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE Listen to this article Generated with [ ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io/) AI technology. Loading the [Elevenlabs Text to Speech](https://elevenlabs.io/text-to-speech) AudioNative Player... I make an appearance on [the latest episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2v-TvkdzF4) of [the Fresh Freedom podcast](https://www.youtube.com/@freshfreedompodcast) with Rep. Eric Burleson (R‑MO), Chris Jacobs, and Nate Lucas. I thanked those three conservatives for allowing a libertarian on the panel. We discussed how Obamacare is [increasing premiums](https://www.cato.org/blog/what-will-it-take-congress-admit-obamacare-has-failed) and [reducing health insurance quality](https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/obamacare-harming-quality-part-1). We explored what Congress and President Trump [should do](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/ebookfiles/michael-f-cannon-recovery.pdf) to make health insurance better, more affordable, and more secure. ##### Related Tags [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/).