Ever wonder why the Obama administration (with the enthusiastic connivance of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) went to so much effort to conceal the real costs of the entitlement?  Every wonder if “Read My Lips – No New Taxes” was the only stupid mistake that President George H. W. Bush did to ensure he did not win re-election?

Probably because they wanted ObamaCare to avoid the fate of the 1989 Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act.  If your memory is a little hazy on that episode, which not only preceded ObamaCare but HillaryCare as well, I recommend this National Review article written by John Fund.