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“But this will get fixed, and Republicans believing that they’re going to be able to run against the program a year from now are going to do about as well as they did in believing that they could use a shutdown to defund the program.”
Lol. I love the “political suicide” rhetoric. Keep flapping your jaws, Krugman.
Stewart, you know just as well as I do that giving money away is a great political strategy, you guys have perfected it. It isn’t about winning, it is about doing what is right, maybe you should try that next time.
“If you can do it for 30 million people, you can do it for 300 million. So, Obamacare will be working fine.”
Mmmm… nope, that isn’t remotely true, unless we increase the number of citizens proportionately (at the same rate of wealth). ObamaCare helps some at the expense of others. You need more human chattel for that, Krugman.
Prof. Krugman also believes that Medicaid is working just fine. Those of us who point out that Medicaid spends a lot of money with little (if any) evidence of improving health outcomes are guilty of falling for spurious correlation. That is: Poor people are sicker than most people; Poor people are on Medicaid; therefore Medicaid does not improve health.
He deliberately ignores that we have addressed this challenge. The many articles written about the recent Oregon Medicaid “lottery” comprise compelling evidence that Medicaid is not money well spent.
Prof. Krugman admits that people who are pleasantly surprised by the premiums charged on the exchanges are reacting to the premiums estimated after the subsidies are factored in. Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute has posited that this is one reason the exchanges are so messed up.
The Administration could have allowed anyone to browse the offerings in the appropriate exchange for policies. But they would have seen the premiums before subsidy. So, they would not allow that to happen. They made people go through the rigamarole of having their subsidies estimated before they could see their choices.
It is very important for the Administration that the subsidies are as invisible as possible to the recipients, so that they think they are getting a fairer deal, and not receiving welfare.
“Almost all ObamaCare news has been good.”
What news has he been paying attention to? Fantasy-Land Press?
I think that “good” is code for “bad”.
I get it. Kids these days and their slang…
“The premiums are coming in well below expectation.”
What the heck were their expectations?
“Health care costs are moderating.”
How can he tell? It just started.
“Probably, there will be some technical glitches with the computer systems, but those are not fundamental.”
While I tend to agree, it is more of problem than he is saying.
http://healthblog.ncpathinktank.org/death-spirals/
These glitches will speed up the death spiral process.
It’s time for someone to point out to Krugman that the traffic on the site has dropped to next to nothing and the glitches are still happening.
Who can point that out? He only listens to his “intellectual peers”. Of course, there are none.
The rungs that low on the intellectual ladder only leave room for him.
I love the Krugman bashing, the guy is ridiculous.
We couldn’t do it to a more deserving guy.
“ObamaCare will be working fine.”
If we just BELIEVE hard enough it will be true.
When you wish upon a star, maybe Obama will pay for your medication.
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Whatever happened to, “Yes we can?”
Believing that you can is the only thing necessary to getting there. /leftylogic
If we but had faith in our government the size of a mustard seed, it could tax us all into poverty.
“But this will get fixed, and Republicans believing that they’re going to be able to run against the program a year from now are going to do about as well as they did in believing that they could use a shutdown to defund the program.”
Lol. I love the “political suicide” rhetoric. Keep flapping your jaws, Krugman.
We’ll see who’s laughing next election cycle.
Stewart, you know just as well as I do that giving money away is a great political strategy, you guys have perfected it. It isn’t about winning, it is about doing what is right, maybe you should try that next time.
“If you can do it for 30 million people, you can do it for 300 million. So, Obamacare will be working fine.”
Mmmm… nope, that isn’t remotely true, unless we increase the number of citizens proportionately (at the same rate of wealth). ObamaCare helps some at the expense of others. You need more human chattel for that, Krugman.
His argument is stupid. That’s like saying, “If you have the ability to feed 50 people, you have the ability to feed 500.”
Certainly, if your name is Jesus Christ.
Amen, Sir.
Prof. Krugman also believes that Medicaid is working just fine. Those of us who point out that Medicaid spends a lot of money with little (if any) evidence of improving health outcomes are guilty of falling for spurious correlation. That is: Poor people are sicker than most people; Poor people are on Medicaid; therefore Medicaid does not improve health.
He deliberately ignores that we have addressed this challenge. The many articles written about the recent Oregon Medicaid “lottery” comprise compelling evidence that Medicaid is not money well spent.
Prof. Krugman admits that people who are pleasantly surprised by the premiums charged on the exchanges are reacting to the premiums estimated after the subsidies are factored in. Avik Roy of the Manhattan Institute has posited that this is one reason the exchanges are so messed up.
The Administration could have allowed anyone to browse the offerings in the appropriate exchange for policies. But they would have seen the premiums before subsidy. So, they would not allow that to happen. They made people go through the rigamarole of having their subsidies estimated before they could see their choices.
It is very important for the Administration that the subsidies are as invisible as possible to the recipients, so that they think they are getting a fairer deal, and not receiving welfare.