ROMANS: Time to take Obamacare's temperature. Of course, how sick it is probably depends on who you ask. First, put on your blue-tinted glasses for the liberal view. Enrollment is picking up, at least in the 14 states that run their own exchanges. More than 154,000 people have signed up in those states. California had one of the biggest jumps, more than 79,000 people enrolled there. New York and Washington states have the next highest enrollments. Now put on your red-tinted glasses for the conservative view. Dig deeper into those numbers, and you'll find how young, healthy people are not signing up. In Kentucky, just 19 percent of enrollees are under the age of 35, 22 percent Connecticut, 23 percent in Washington. Back to blue now. Liberals will say that's no surprise. The fines aren't high enough yet. It was designed to nudge people into the system. By 2016, that's when young people fined every year will start to enroll. But back in the red world, this is the beginning of the Obamacare death spiral. If too many old and sick people sign up, premiums rise, even more young people opt out, and the law collapses. Now the law's supporters say the death-spiral scenario is farfetched and is too early to draw conclusions. Both sides can argue their points. Instead, let's step back for a minute and take a little historical perspective.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ (R), TEXAS: Stop this broken law.
The Long View of Obamacare