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The Significance of Jonathan Gruber
By now most people have heard of MIT professor Jonathan Gruber, one of the so-called architects of Obamacare, and his statements about the stupidity of American voters in connection with healthcare policy (five videos have surfaced so far). Of course, there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Friedrich Hayek, individual freedom, Jonathan Gruber, liberals, ObamaCare, stupid voters
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“Empirically Driven” Liberals
Writing in the New Republic (see here), Noam Scheiber counsels liberals such as Michael Moore not to despair about Obamacare’s start-up problems because Obamacare “paves the way” toward a single-payer system that is beloved by liberals, one and all. According to Scheiber, increasing insurance … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Politics
Tagged central planning, health policy, liberals, Noam Scheiber, ObamaCare, single-payer
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Pajama Boy Is Why The Islamists Will Win
We’ve all heard of “Pajama Boy” by now and seen the tweet, in which Pajama Boy sits, wearing his tartan jammies, holding a cup of hot chocolate, and suggesting that we talk about getting health insurance. For those who have not been paying attention, here is our smirking hero: … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Politics
Tagged health policy, liberal mind, ObamaCare, Organizing for Action, Pajama Boy
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Clinging to Central Planning In Healthcare
The Washington Post continues its support of the central planning that is engulfing one-sixth of the world’s largest economy, also known as “Obamacare.” The latest efforts include an editorial extolling the virtues of a thing called the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (see here) and an article attacking a … Continue reading
Competition Deniers
In this post at The Incidental Economist, Aaron Carroll agrees that Obamacare may cause hospital layoffs, but tells us that’s to be expected because, after all, if we contain costs, there will be less money for wages and profits. And Carroll further concludes that the result would … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Aaron Carroll, big government, central planning, competition, free markets, ObamaCare
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Embracing Central Authority
WaPo columnist Anne Applebaum sees the GOP as endangering democracy by closing the government in an attempt to stop Obamacare. In her column, Applebaum implies (see here) that those who resist Obamacare are members of an “irrational fringe” and no better than “insurgents” or “coup plotters” who should be … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Anne Applebaum, big government, government shutdown, ObamaCare
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Prosecuting Those Responsible For The Financial Crisis
So now liberals can’t figure out why no one has been prosecuted for their role in the financial crisis. For example, Neil Irwin of Wonkblog finds it shocking that: [For] a crisis that drove the global economy off a cliff, caused millions of people … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged Benghazi, Dodd-Frank, financial crisis, Hillary Clinton, ObamaCare, Wall Street
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Abusing Language
Usually it’s liberals who abuse language in the best Orwellian tradition, but evidently not wanting to be left behind, conservatives have now joined the party. In an article at the National Review Online, John Fund discusses a provision in the Obamacare … Continue reading
Obamacare Alternative
In two separate posts (here and here) at the blog The Incidental Economist, Aaron Carroll, a determined advocate for centrally directed healthcare, is upset and frustrated with the critics of Obamacare and suggests they propose some “sensible alternatives that actually address the policy issues.” Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged Aaron Carroll, central planning, competition, health policy, ObamaCare
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Ignoring The Blue Whale In The Room
One of the unassailable facts of social life is that centrally directed economies never out-perform economies that organize collective activity through competitive markets. The “natural experiments” of the last century, some of which continue today (e.g., see the experiment on the Korean peninsula), easily prove the superiority … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged central planning, competition, liberal mind, ObamaCare, policy wonks, self government
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