February 1, 2013 9:03AM 

# What Can Massachusetts Tell Us about How ObamaCare Will Perform? 

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

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At the AEIdeas blog, Tom Miller [finds](http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/hyping-the-individual-mandates-penalties/) researchers are reaching conclusions about RomneyCare that their data do not necessarily support, and are claiming ObamaCare will perform similarly, despite major differences between Massachusetts and the nation as a whole.

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