Hoodwinked Millenials finally are waking up.

• Position: ObamaCare

"Millennials," those born between 1980-95, overwhelmingly voted in 2008 for politicians who promised "health care for all" and sponsored the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). These young people took on faith the promises of an orator and did not read the text of the law before it was passed on a 100% Democrat partisan vote by politicians who did not read it, either, points out Elizabeth Lee Vliet, past director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Tucson, Ariz.

These Millennials are finding out they have been "had" in promises not kept, points out Vliet. Their health insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Their mandated coverage is far broader (ergo, more expensive) than many healthy young people need. Their choices of doctors and hospitals now are limited.

Because young people voted in droves for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, architects of the health care law assumed they would "vote" for PPACA by enrolling in ObamaCare. Young people, however, are not signing up as anticipated because:

* Health insurance premiums are much higher. Before PPACA, a young person typically paid $100-$150 per month for a basic policy. Now, for an ObamaCare-compliant Classic Silver Plan, a young person making $25,000 per year pays $2,424 a year (10% of income) in Arizona, or $3,576 a year in Illinois.

* Deductibles have doubled, tripled, or quadrupled. For the plans above, before ObamaCare, a young person paid $1,000-$2,000 out of pocket to meet the deductible before insurance coverage started. After PPACA, average deductibles range from $4,000 to $6,000 before insurance starts to pay.

* Today's Millennials are less able to afford insurance than Baby Boomers were at their age. Millennials may be more highly educated, but they also have accumulated greater debt, and face a stagnant employment and income situation--partly created or worsened by PPACA. In 2014, nearly half of the unemployed In the U.S. are under 34.

PPACA insurance is not sustainable. Millennials have done the math. They have seen it costs less to pay the mandated penalties (taxes), pay for basic medical care out of pocket, and only sign up for an insurance plan if something serious happens. Thus, sign-ups...