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CBO Keeps Revising Downward Its Estimates of Coverage Provided by ObamaCare

My latest post at Mises Canada. An excerpt: Yes that’s right: CBO now predicts that in 2019–nine years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, which was supposed to provide “universal coverage” to Americans–in fact only 26 million nonelderly people will have gained coverage, with 30 million Americans still lacking health insurance. I’m curious, does that […]

In My Life, I’ve Had a Few Posts That Criticized Krugman

How do you guys feel about that claim in my post title? Probably a bit of an understatement, eh? Now consider the following from Krugman’s latest post on Obamacare: A few relatively affluent, healthy people are paying more for coverage; a few high-income taxpayers are paying more in taxes; a much larger number of Americans […]

Hobby Lobby Ruling: Principle Will Set You Free

My latest LibertyChat post on the Hobby Lobby ruling: The conservative supporters of the Hobby Lobby decision are correct when they say no employer should be forced to pay for contraception against his or her religious beliefs. The liberal opponents of the Hobby Lobby decision are correct when they say this principle would imply that […]

VA Scandal Widens

I haven’t had time to blog it, but from the NYT June 15: Staff members at dozens of Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country have objected for years to falsified patient appointment schedules and other improper practices, only to be rebuffed, disciplined or even fired after speaking up, according to interviews with current […]

An Even Better Post From Krugman on the Wonderful Veterans Health Administration

From back in 2006. Some excerpts: American health care is desperately in need of reform. But what form should change take? Are there any useful examples we can turn to for guidance? Well, I know about a health care system that has been highly successful in containing costs, yet provides excellent care. And the story […]

Krugman on VA Health Care as a Model for Reform

I sometimes fancy myself as a sophisticated economist who knows what’s up, wise to all the hijinx and mayhem flowing out of DC. But nope, I am still a little bunny cowering in the corner. Yesterday I actually hesitated before relating the VA hospital scandal to ObamaCare and socialized medicine more broadly, wondering if that was […]

With Single Payer, We Can All Get VA-Quality Health Care!

A mainstream summary of the timeline on the developing Veterans Affairs scandal: The Obama administration is facing a serious scandal in which government officials are alleged to have falsified data to hide how long veterans were waiting to see doctors at VA hospitals…Here is a timeline of events leading up to the current situation, which […]

Two Kwik Krugman Kontradictions

Nothing earth-shattering, but if criticizing Krugman were an academic discipline, this post would be part of what Kuhn would describe as “normal science.” ==> Scott Sumner explains Krugman’s unfair blanket condemnation of “inflationistas” by reminding us that Krugman (famously) doesn’t read stuff by economists from the other side, but I point out to Scott that […]