washingtonpost.com - 7/25/2009
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Ezra Klein
- Barack Obama on Health-Care Reform: Trust Us.
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/21/2009 — I wish that the President would stop talking down to us. When he says that 80% of the two bills will overlap, and that "only" 20% will be different, he knows perfectly well that the 80% is safe, noncontroversial stuff and that the 20% includes ...
Ezra Klein
- More From the HELP Bill
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/2/2009 — I used to work for a very large company. Someone once asked the HR guy: why can't we get better health benefits (this was, oh, 10 + years ago). He said: well, we're a really large employer, there aren't so many companies that would be able to cover ...
Economy Department with Ezra Klein
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- Nancy Pelosi on Health-Care Reform
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/23/2009 — "people have been waiting so long for this..."where's the evidence of that?" where is the evidence of that? yesterday, there was a replay of a lecture on this blog, about octopi, and their abiity to scuttle and hide under the rocks. but we are not a ...
Ezra Klein Interviews Sen. Lindsey Graham on Health-Care Reform
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Ezra Klein
- The Most Important Part of Health-Care Reform
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/29/2009 — Ezra, Is there any backdoor mechanism/trojan horse that could be inserted into the final bill that will eventually allow anyone to buy into the public option? I understand that for political reasons, the negotiations are focused on leaving the ...
Ezra Klein
- Health Care Reform in Danger
voices.washingtonpost.com 6/18/2009 — i remember when we planted an american flag on the moon. it seemed that the united states could accomplish anything. reading this, and lamenting over what is happening in california. all of the money spent in iraq, and our hopes being dimmed with ...
Ezra Klein
- The Idea That Could Save Health-Care Reform
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/17/2009 — > And they say they'll risk adjust back to the employer level, potentially. If they can swing that, I will be mightily impressed. And pretty much sold on the merits. On adverse selection, it occurs to me that you might actually have some ...
Ezra Klein
- The House Releases Its Health-Care Reform Bill
voices.washingtonpost.com 7/14/2009 — Public plan if you make $43,320 per month: $397.10 per month. 11% of your annual income for healthcare. Way too much. This legislation is devolving into little more than mechanism to impose price controls on private insurers. I fail to see how this ...