Charles Blahous launches a frontal assault on Obamacare, releasing a study showing the...

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Neil459 Comments (2640)
 
The truth hurts.
10 Apr 2012, 06:55 PM Reply Like

davidingeorgia Comments (2699)
 
Ezra Klein responds that Blahous is "not playing fair by bringing up nasty, pesky facts! Waaaaaaa! Waaaaaa! Blahous is a meanie!"

There. Fixed it for you.
10 Apr 2012, 07:33 PM Reply Like

The Sane Investor Comments (352)
 
"The implication of Blahous’s baseline is that we don’t have a deficit problem. Anywhere. Medicare won’t contribute to deficits because it can’t spend beyond the trust fund. Social Security, similarly, can’t contribute to deficits because it can’t spend beyond its trust fund. [...] Lots of Affordable Care Act’s skeptics are trumpeting the Blahous study. But none of them actually use that baseline. Nor do they plan to switch over to it. And that means they don’t really believe the study."

Enough said.
10 Apr 2012, 08:36 PM Reply Like

montanamark Comments (1359)
 
using the word "optimistic" appears unduly polite; is any one ever wrong in our society? maybe those who were promising the moon and telling us health care costs would go down, the deficit would be helped and life would be wonderful were full of political agenda. what about the smaller businesses getting creamed by the huge increase in premiums, what about the employers deciding not to add help in the face of increased costs and regulation. no single person even fully knows what is contained in the monster 2000 pg + legislation so how can the full economic impact be estimated? why does obama want another 500 mil for more irs agents to enforce obamacare
10 Apr 2012, 09:20 PM Reply Like