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Missing the Boat on Cost Containment http://bit.ly/2IrB41 10/27/2009 |
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RT @CALPIRG_mike: Nerd-in-chief Peter Orszag on how the current bills would lower health care costs: http://tinyurl.com/yh6fzte 10/27/2009 |
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Washington Post Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch (Yes, Another Fred Hiatt Edition)
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Peter Orszag: Fred Hiatt... writing... that the two biggest steps that can be taken to reduce the rate of health care cost growth--changes in health care’s tax treatment and an independent Medicare commission--are missing. I agree with Hiatt on the potential substantial benefits in terms of cost containment from these two changes. But a note... the Senate Finance Committee bill includes both of these measures... creates an excise tax on insurance companies offering high-premium plans--which would create a strong incentive for more efficient plans that would help ...
Peter Orszag Brings The Pain, Nerd-Style
The New Republic blogs —
... is being asked to cede both power and a reliable fundraising source. And -- surprise! -- it doesn't much like that idea . Now, it's true that Congress has balked at ending the tax deduction for employer-provided health care. But the Senate Finance Committee has proposed to tax benefits over a certain level, which is functionally the same thing. It's odd that Hiatt fails to mention this. Likewise, the Democratic bills do include an independent Medicare commission. Peter Orszag gently points out , "If the concern is that these two provisions would not survive the rest of the ...
Wanker of the Day
Eschaton —
Fred Hiatt.
Remainders: Turf
Ben Smith's Blog —
Here comes the option.
H1N1 poses political risks too.
Self-identified conservatives remain numerous.
Krugman thinks health care is working.
Wolff thinks Ailes is spooked.
Newspaper circs plunge, again.
The Awl illustrates.
The Podesta family draws more unwelcome attention.
Orszag mixes it up with Fred Hiatt.
The head of the National Organization for Women rebukes Obama.
Elizabeth ...
Monday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... Office of Legal Counsel come up for a vote ? * If government-run health care is such a tragic mistake, these 55 Republicans should stop taking advantage of Medicare immediately. * Before the controversy over Treasury "snubbing" Fox News goes away completely, Fox News is contesting the administration's version of events, and the White House is pushing back against the pushback. * Fred Hiatt doesn't like the public option. Peter Orszag isn't impressed with Hiatt's argument. Neither is publius . * Malkin takes cheap ...
Peter Orszag is disingenuous
Paul Krugman —
In a good way. He slaps Fred Hiatt of the Washington Post hard, and he’s right to do so: Hiatt attacks the Senate Finance health bill for failing to include cost-control measures that, um, are very much in the legislation. But Orszag professes confusion about what’s going on, whereas I’m sure he understands it perfectly. Hiatt is one of those people who, as ...
Tab dump
Ezra Klein —
1) Myths of murder and multiple regression: A critique of the original Freakonomics.
2) If you build a coverage mandate, will people use it?
3) Behind the public option: The subsidies fight.
4) Damon Linker angrily misreads an old post of mine.
5) Peter Orszag takes aim at Fred Hiatt.
Recipe of the day: Chinese-style beets.
links for 2009-10-27
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Brad DeLong: Review of Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain 1937-1946
Peter Orszag: Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?
I agree with Fred Hiatt on the potential ...
Orszag Rebuts
Greg's Opinion —
Via Jon Chait, I see that OMB Director, Peter Orszag, addresses the Hiatt column on health care legislation:
Fred Hiatt in today's Washington Post is the latest of these naysayers, writing in his column that the two biggest steps that can be taken to reduce the rate of health care cost growth -- changes in health care's tax treatment and an independent Medicare commission -- are missing. I agree with Hiatt on the potential substantial benefits in terms of cost containment from these two changes. But a note to readers who have not read their ...
Arguing With A Man Who Buys Pixels By The Barrel
JustOneMinute —
... that the Democrat's risky health reform schemes failed to tackle the problem of cost control. Mr. Orzsag fired back on his OMB blog , drawing cheers from ...
