May 21, 2012 1:41PM 

# Repeat after Me: There Is No Health Reform but ObamaCare 

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

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Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of *Politico*:

> An item in *Politico*’s health care newsletter Pulse \[“[Today: Christie Vetoes Exchange Or Else](http://www.politico.com/politicopulse/0512/politicopulse741.html),” May 10\] told readers that, because I oppose ObamaCare, I am a “health reform foe.”
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> Is that what Politico gleans from my conversations with its reporters about the need for health care reform, and how I would go about it? From the [hundreds of articles and opeds and speeches and blog posts](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-cannon) in which I detail my preferred reforms? And from [the book I coauthored about how to reform health care](https://www.cato.org/store/books/healthy-competition-whats-holding-back-health-care-how-free-it-paperback)? Is it *Politico*’s editorial policy that one *cannot* support health reform without supporting ObamaCare?
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> Other news organizations, moreover, avoid describing ObamaCare as “reform,” a term that connotes improvement. Is it *Politico*’s editorial policy to convey to readers that ObamaCare is an improvement?

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