Topics: Barack Obama  'Affordable' care depends on the size of
your Obamacare subsidy  By | Byron York,Columnists,Taxes,Barack
Obama,Obamacare  What does the word "affordable" in the
Affordable Care Act mean? Many people might assume it means
Obamacare will make health coverage less expensive. That's
certainly the impression President Obama gave when he promised
his national health care scheme would "cut the average family's
premium by about $2,500 per year."  But Obama and the Democrats
who passed the law didn't really mean that premiums will go
down. What they meant was that premiums might well go up, but
the government will give some Americans money with which they
can pay the higher premiums and still come out ahead.  For some
people that will be true. For others, not so much. Unlike Social
Security and Medicare, Obamacare is a means-tested entitlement
program. It will give low-income Americans substantial taxpayer-
paid subsidies with which to purchase insurance. People who make
a bit more will receive sm