health care law could add over a half a trillion dollars to the deficit

A new report by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University finds that contrary to promises by President Obama and others in arguing for the passage of his health care law, Obamacare actually adds to the deficit, as opposed to decreasing it. Much of this has to do with the double-counting of funding within the law, a complex issue explained by this new Mercatus video. The report, authored by Medicare trustee Charles Blahous, a senior…