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The Rhetoric of Single Payer Glows; The Reality, Not So Much

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I recently posted a comment at John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog in response to a remark from Don McCanne.  Usually I don’t make blog comments the subject of my own blog posts, but Dr. McCanne is a Senior Health Policy ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Disaster Edition, Pt 2

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With pieces like this in the New York Times, the disaster that is the roll out of the ObamaCare exchanges continues.  Here’s a few more bits: 1. Bluegrass Bad News?  According to USA Today, the Kentucky ObamaCare exchange, Kynect, had ...
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Project 21’s Martin on Tavis Smiley’s Obamanomics Candor

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Last week, liberal commentator Tavis Smiley delivered a stinging rebuke to the White House regarding the Obama Administration’s handling of the economy. Smiley, who regularly focuses on the quality of life of black Americans, gave President Obama low marks in ...
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When is a Victory a Loss? When Conservatives Win and Liberals Report It

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Earlier this month I teased Slate for trying to spin the government's partial shutdown so hard it lurched into satire – trying to start a pity party because some college women who are getting free money from the taxpayers might ...
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The National Center for Public Policy Research is Not a Member of the Cooler Heads Coalition

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Our Jeff Stier's excellent article "With Its Soda Tax, Mexico Repeats The Mistakes Of Mayor Bloomberg" in the Chicago Tribune yesterday drew the ire of a hostile commenter, who responded to Jeff's piece about the usefulness (not) of soda taxes ...
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Job Opening: National Center for Public Policy Research Seeks Assistant to the Executive Director

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The National Center for Public Policy Research is seeking a hard-working, detail-oriented person to serve as an assistant to the executive director. The job is full-time (9-5:30, M-F) on-site at our headquarters a short walk from Union Station on Capitol ...
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Health Care Odds & Ends: Disaster Edition

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By now you are surely aware of what a disaster the roll out of the ObamaCare exchange websites has been.  When MSNBC runs out of patience when trying to log in, Ezra Klein says the website is terrible, and USAToday calls it a ...
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Label GMO’s? The Warnings Need a Warning Label

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In a column for Forbes, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I dismantle the arguments behind mandatory GMO labeling initiatives. We conclude, as this NCPPR infographic illustrates, anti-GMO activists' claims fail every test scientific, economic, legal and common sense. Both the op-ed ...
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Fun With ObamaCare Exchanges: Idaho Version

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Supporters of ObamaCare have come up with some clever ways of making the premiums on the ObamaCare exchanges look quite good.  For example, one common refrain found in this HHS report was repeated endlessly by the media: “Premiums before tax ...
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Fun With ObamaCare Exchanges: D.C. Version, Pt 2

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Well, I finally managed to create an account at the Washington, D.C. health insurance exchange known as “DC Health Link.”  And it worked! Well, sort of.  When I used the “Browse plans without completing an application” option and filled out ...
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