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Open thread August 24, 2012

Dan Crawford | August 24, 2012 7:18 pm

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5 Comments
  • rjs says:
    August 24, 2012 at 8:24 pm

    how about these yiddish curses for republican jews, via krugman…

  • Silver Bullet says:
    August 24, 2012 at 8:53 pm

    I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore!

  • Lyle says:
    August 24, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Let me post a question: In the light of a New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/business/economy/rationing-health-care-more-fairly.html?partner=rss&emc=rss, if you were in charge what amount would you set the maximum cost for a year of treatment that (insurance or the taxpayers) would pick up. Note that in either case the cost is divided among all the participants in the plan. It should be noted that other countries use something lik $41k, I might go 50k for the US.
    This rationing will occur either by insurance company rules or government rules, either being rationing.

  • Lyle says:
    August 25, 2012 at 12:02 am

    Actually let me make the question more clear how much should the maximum cost be for a treatment that extends life one year?

  • Anonymous says:
    August 25, 2012 at 3:01 am

    1964 $302.52
    1974 314.94
    1984 279.22
    1994 259.97
    2004 277.57

    And lower now

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