Last week I wondered about this passage in Henry Aaron’s recent NEJM paper: The ACA’s subsidies fully protect people receiving them through 2017 against growth
Bruce Bartlett says that the Ryan Budget is not serious, both in subjective and objective terms. Bartlett thinks the tax side of the balanced budget equation must rise
I think I’ve established my bonafides on cost control measures here on this blog. I think we need them; I’d like stronger ones than we
Matt Yglesias has some advice for students interested in journalism. But I think much of it is more broadly relevant. If you want your ideas
The U.S. has a voucherized health insurance system. You read that right. Vouchers exist today, and for all of us. How can this be? First,
Well, not quite. More like, a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan walks into the US Treasury (UST)… Under the current system the interaction goes like this:
On the heels of the Ryan budget comes word that the President will release a long term deficit reduction plan Wednesday, the details of which
A colleague at Boston University has unveiled a “purple” health plan, with 5 Nobel Laureate in Economics amongst the endorsers. Maybe I’m color blind, but I
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