David Henderson points out an exceptionally foolish assertion from “The Economic Case for Health Reform,” produced by Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. Here’s the CEA money quote:
In medicine, however, technological progress in recent decades has been almost exclusively cost-increasing, without generating a commensurate increase in value.
Henderson is scrupulously polite in his response to this BS, calling […]
Health Care BS
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WHEN SMART ECONOMISTS SAY STUPID THINGS
BAUCUS BUDGET BS
Philip Klein provides the following graph showing how the Senate Finance Committee has backloaded the costs for its health care “reform” package:
Obviously, the bill attempts to keep the costs down until most Dem incumbents, including Obama, have won their next re-election campaigns.
UPDATE:
It would appear that the text of the Baucus bill has finally been inflicted […]
WHEN BAD POLLS GO GOOD
An amusing feature of modern political discourse involves the selective way public opinion surveys are used. A great example can be found today in the reception accorded two polls by Rasmussen.
Obama supporters dislike Rasmussen because his surveys suggest that the President and his policies do not enjoy universal support. Thus, they ignored this poll (via Hot Air) on Obamacare:
The latest Rasmussen Reports […]
PALIN PWNS BAUCUS BILL
Sarah Palin has weighed in on the health “reform” bill recently passed by the Senate Finance Committee, and she doesn’t seem quite as clueless or hysterical as her critics keep claiming. In fact, she demonstrates a better command of the facts than many of the people who will be voting for this bill in Congress.
The Senate […]
CANADIANS ON CANADIAN HEALTH CARE
Are we sure we want to do this?
THE ACCURACY OF THE PWC STUDY
Arnold Kling advises that, his general aversion to the health insurance industry notwithstanding, he believes what the recent PWC study says about the Baucus “reform” bill:
I held off on commenting on the insurance industry study when it was released, because I wanted to give the study’s opponents time to assemble a reply. The reply has […]
RECOVERY? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Last year, when unemployment was below 6% and GDP was still growing, Barack Obama’s supporters kept saying we were in “the worst economy since the Great Depression.”
Now, when unemployment is at nearly 10%, and we are actually experiencing negative growth, these very people are yammering about “the recovery.” Sullivan is typical:
I have no doubt that the recovery is still fragile; but I […]
CAN VA & NJ KILL OBAMACARE?
Allahpundit makes an interesting point:
If you hate ObamaCare and can spare the cash, send five bucks each to Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie … If Mc and C win, you get a more conservative health-care bill — and maybe even no bill at all.
McDonnell and Christie are, of course, the Republican candidates in the […]
THE PUBLIC PLANE
Good video, from the Independence Institute, using NPR’s airline metaphor to show that the public plan is not an “option”:
[HT WeStandFirm]
UNIONS WILL OPPOSE BAUCUS BILL?
Hmm … According to AP:
About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee’s health overhaul bill, a top labor lobbyist said.
Why? The AP article goes does a little throat clearing before getting to the point, but union members get just the kind of “Cadillac” health plans that Baucus wants to […]