The ACA and Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion taught us that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. As we near the end of the fourth full year of the [partial] roll out of The Affordable Care Act /Obamacare, it has become increasingly more challenging for people to differentiate “action” from the “equal and opposite reaction”. Put another way, some of the things we’re experiencing, required by the ACA, are directly attributable to the law itself (call these “actions”). And then there are things we’re seeing that are the result of the many requirements, mandates, fees/taxes, expansions associated with the ACA (call these “equal and opposite reactions”). This will all make more sense when you see the chart at the end of this article.
