Massachusetts is a model for the dangers of wholesale reform in any complex system, and an argument in favor of incrementalism so long as the increments are substantive.
A logical first increment might be the Venn diagram intersection of conservative and liberal proposals. Not a “compromise,” but an Occam’s razor approach.
…in other words, something that neither side has reason to oppose, because they aren’t painted into any corners. But I suppose clean legislation is an oxymoron.
Kinsley is normally wrong about almost everything. On this subject, he is surprisingly right.
Whatever you may think about the Massachussetts Health Plan (and it’s not all bad), there is no mechanism there for controlling health care costs.
Kinsley is more than right. This is the best article I have seen on this wrongly decided case.
Isn’t Massachusetts a potential model for Obama’s health reform?
Massachusetts is a model for the dangers of wholesale reform in any complex system, and an argument in favor of incrementalism so long as the increments are substantive.
A logical first increment might be the Venn diagram intersection of conservative and liberal proposals. Not a “compromise,” but an Occam’s razor approach.
…in other words, something that neither side has reason to oppose, because they aren’t painted into any corners. But I suppose clean legislation is an oxymoron.