Health Care

Cynics on Why to Support the Health Care Bill

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 30, 2009

Quiet Declarations has a good blog post on why to support the Senate health care bill, basically outlining three rationales. One, if you want to pass any bill to…

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Health Care

Why Health Care “Reform” Could Increase the Number Uninsured

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 10, 2009

Marty Feldstein has an editorial in the Washington Post detailing how the current health care reform proposals in Congress could actually increase the number of uninsured individuals. Namely, he…

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Taxes & Economy

Rendell’s Pants are on Fire

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 28, 2009

Governor Rendell, in comments made today about Sen. Specter, claimed that Specter is “being criticized by his party for voting for the stimulus … which is something every conservative economist…

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Education

Economists Against Governor Rendell

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 4, 2009

In his budget address, Governor Rendell cited “conservative” economists who support the stimulus package and his spending proposals, even though they don’t. Here is Rendell: Economists from…

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