Obamacare’s partisans were confronted with the economic facts long before the law was even passed, and their answer was: “Never mind the economics, we’re the good guys, and you want poor people to die.”
Source: Obamacare Failures | National Review Online
The linked article is undoubtedly partisan. Never the less it has a good outline of the financial issues and the fundamental difference between insurance and mandated pre-paid coverage for existing conditions..