Trumpcare in Action
As we all remember well, Donald Trump and the Republican Party failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act via legislation. As we also know,...
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Zombie Trumpcare Is Dead, In The Senate, Again, For Now, Again
As you know, John McCain is not the favorite Republican Senator here. That being said, his moment last night was a rare piece of...
The Fundamental Theorem of Health Insurance
Many disciplines have “Fundamental Theorems.” They take a complex topic and distill it to an essence, from which much of the rest can be...
Poop Cruz: The Latest in Trumpcare
I guess we can hope this bill won’t involve wading through fecal matter. But I do understand there will be more amendments in coming days, s
To Avik Roy: No Longer On My List of Reasonable Conservatives
The big reveal: it is “theoretically possible” that this bill is good for healthcare. His words. I guess it’s theoretically possible that I
Why We Make Laws: Policy and Implementation and Trumpcare
Why, it’s almost as if giving tax cuts to the richest amongst us is the only real goal of this “health care bill.”
Not-Failing-Obamacare: One Chart
There does not appear to be anything innate to Obamacare, sans GOP sabotage, which would prevent individual insurance markets from surviving
In Which I Pick a Fight with the Cato Institute
Are "other costs" significant enough to offset government insurance programs significant advantage in direct medical spending.
Schrödinger’s Rates: Insurance Markets in the World of Trump
In quantum mechanics, a particle only takes on a property when it is observed. Electrons have spin, either up or down. These are distinct...
CBO Report: The Fine Print of Creating 23 Million Uninsured
All of the quotes you see here are direct quotes from the Report linked above, with page numbers. It’s going to get technical a few times, m