Ezra Klein vs. Joe Lieberman
Austin Frakt
December 14, 2009
How many could say this: At this point, Lieberman seems primarily motivated by torturing liberals. That is to say, he seems willing to cause the
How many could say this: At this point, Lieberman seems primarily motivated by torturing liberals. That is to say, he seems willing to cause the
There I was, taking a break from writing some thoughts on health reform and its limitations, when I saw a tantalizing entry in Y Combinator’s
In her careful study of the effects of Medicare cuts in the late 1990s on private prices for hospital services Vivian Wu obtained an estimate
In 2006 stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) became a new source for prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. PDPs weren’t just new to Medicare, they were
About the Medicare buy-in aspect of the Senate’s public option compromise Ben Nelson said on Face the Nation today, “I’m concerned that it’s the forerunner
Everyone knows drugs cost too much in the United States. Many people also know tat in other countries – like Canada – those same drugs
Jacob Hacker, the “godfather” of the public option, doesn’t like the Senate’s compromise as it would apply to those below 55 years old. It would
Robert Reich has an interesting post today on the Senate public option compromise. First he reminds readers that the compromise includes (1) an expansion of
For some reason, it doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of play in the press, but the information is pretty interesting. On Wednesday, The
Megan McArdle has intersected with my information sources twice in the last few weeks, this time on the topic of debt. Those of you who
A reader writes: Re: your post about “So I have a 26 year old daughter, poor college student with no insurance, no money to buy
The compendium of Jewish circumcision humor is brief. Here it is. After his regular Tuesday lunch with Rabbi Hershel, Rabbi Yosef removed a crisp twenty