PREVIEW HEADLINE: Obamacare's Affordability Crisis: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It GUEST: Michael Toth, Research Director of the Civitas Institute 50-WORD SUMMARY: Obamacare has become "massivel

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PREVIEW HEADLINE: Obamacare's Affordability Crisis: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It GUEST: Michael Toth, Research Director of the Civitas Institute 50-WORD SUMMARY: Obamacare has become "massively unaffordable" for taxpayers because federal subsidies covering premiums rose from less than 70% to over 80%. The original mistakes could be corrected by deregulating the health insurance market, allowing insurers to charge lower premiums for younger, healthier people, thereby increasing the risk pool and bending the cost curve.