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Paul Krugman’s space aliens won’t create jobs, repealing health control law will
Printed in the Boulder Daily Camera, summary: Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman says a massive defense buildup in response to “fake an alien threat” would end the economic slump. An EconStories rap explains the fallacy: “If every worker was staffed in the army and fleet, we’d have full employment and nothing to eat.” Repealing the 2010 health control act would spur employment. Continue reading
Debunking claims touting Medicare’s low admin costs & ability to keep prices low
Can Medicare “use its monopsony (single-buyer) power to suppress provider fees”? Does it have lower administrative costs than commercial health plans? Is Paul Krugman right that its per-capita spending has increased more slowly than commercial health plans? No. Continue reading
Hey, Paul Krugman, patients should be consumers, not helpless pawns in an authoritarian politically-controlled health care system you support
Nobel-prize winner & New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman is demonstrates how little he knows about health care policy. Let me count the ways. Continue reading
It’s Not Health Care ‘Reform’; It’s Exploitation
Scratch a health care “reformer” and you’re likely to find a health care exploiter. To stop health care exploitation we must address the root issue: the nature of rights and the purpose of government. Continue reading
Health bill: In defense of Senate “obstructionism”
OK, the Senate passed HR 3590 last week, but Gene Healy at Cato has some great observations: In [the] Washington Post, E.J. Dionne cursed “the bizarre habits of the Senate,” which show that “we are no longer a normal democracy.” … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC
Tagged Constitution & health care, democracy, HR 3590, Paul Krugman
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Responses to Paul Krugman on economics of health insurance
In a recent post on health care, Paul Krugman writes (in his typically obnoxious smug style): Both George Will and Greg Mankiw basically argue that we don’t need a government role because we can trust the market to work — … Continue reading
Obama’s health care reform: road to single-payer serfdom?
Will Obama’s proposal for a nation-wide mandate for guaranteed issue insurance decimate insurance companies to the point that government will have to “save the day” with a single-payer monopoly that Obama really wants? Consider this from the Associated Press: Barack … Continue reading
Posted in Policy - National, PPC, regulation, single payer
Tagged crowd out, guaranteed issue, Paul Krugman
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Health care: Individual or “Collective” Responsibility?
Paul Krugman has broached the core issue behind health care policy: Whether or not health care is an individual or collective responsibility. The health care debate isn’t about the intricacies of one plan vs. another. It’s about the ethics: individualism vs. collectivism, or free-market medicine vs. politically-controlled medicine. Continue reading
Canadians Tell Krugman About Socialized Medicine
From a recent debate on universal coverage: PAUL KRUGMAN: Actually, can I just — I wanted to ask a question. And— JOHN DONVAN: Please—please do— PAUL KRUGMAN: —and I wanted to ask, actually two questions, to the audience. First, how … Continue reading
Krugman: Ignorant, or a Liar?
What’s easy about guaranteed health care for all? For one thing, we know that it’s economically feasible: every wealthy country except the United States already has some form of guaranteed health care. – Paul Krugman, August 10, 2008 Many pundits … Continue reading
Posted in coverage isn't care, single payer
Tagged coverage is not care, Paul Krugman, rationing health care
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