Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a plan to help more Americans obtain health insurance. The White House’s reaction was that the proposal would “take health insurance away from millions and increase costs for seniors and hard-working families.”

Let’s think about that. Obamacare resulted directly in 5.9 million Americans losing their health insurance, according to the respected Washington publication “The Hill.” Millions more found they were paying higher premiums and/or got less coverage than before the Affordable Care Act became law.

And as far as the enormous progress the White House touts in providing insurance for those who lacked it previously, consider this: About 16.1 million of those people got insurance through the Medicaid program. Taxpayers bear the full cost of Medicaid coverage.

Many senior citizens and hard-working families pay higher taxes because of Medicaid expansion.

Obamacare has been a disaster for millions of Americans. Far from being able to keep their own doctors, as the president pledged many times they would, they have been forced into insurance they do not like as well as what they had before the government “helped” them.

Obama clearly hopes his health insurance takeover will ensure his place in the history books. It will, under the chapter headed, “Most Expensive Fiascos.”