The Heart of the Matter
Slowing the pace of rising health care costs is the holy grail of domestic and economic policy. It’s pretty much...
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Democratic Delusions
As Charles Krauthammer and David Brooks have already noted, this campaign season has been marked by an unusual degree...
Flimflam Indeed
Megan McArdle did everyone a favor this past week by very carefully pointing out that Paul Krugman’s over-the-top...
The Shameless Medicare Propaganda Continues
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued what it is calling a “report” on the...
Obamacare’s Cooked Books and the “Doc Fix”
The Obama administration continues to insist (see this post from White House Budget Director Peter Orszag) that the...
Where’s the Administration’s Cost Estimate?: The latest numbers from the Medicare actuary puncture the health care spin
Yesterday, the chief actuary for Medicare released a memorandum providing cost estimates for the final health...
Obamacare is a Budgetary Disaster
Congressman Paul Ryan’s systematic dismantling of the argument that Obamacare would cut the budget deficit,...
White House “Summit”: Medicare Advantage Confusion
The president is trying to make it seem like the only cuts in the Medicare program he is advocating are for Medicare...
