In 2026, an estimated 52 million would be uninsured in the US, a dramatic reversal from the 2016 uninsured count of 28/29 million. Pretty much, the Republicans will put healthcare back to the way it was pre-2014 if Paul Ryan’s bill is passed by Congress and Donald signs the bill in its present form. – […]
The Battle for Healthcare in the US
Where Should We Put Economic Empiricism on the Hubris-Humility Spectrum?
by Peter Dorman (originally published at Econospeak) Where Should We Put Economic Empiricism on the Hubris-Humility Spectrum? A bit of a kerfuffle has broken out over the claim that, as economics gets more empirical, it also gets more reliable. Russ Roberts says that, in the name of empiricism, economists are trotting out contested results to […]
Increased Penalties for the Uninsured Under the Republican’s AHCA?
Caroline Pearson at Avalere has a piece on how the House of Representatives AHAC healthcare program penalizes older and lower income people more so than higher incomes and younger people. Just to refresh your memory, the ACA penalizes people who do not have insurance based upon income. While the penalties under the ACA are based […]
What did you do?
NDd and I thought this one was “funny”. Not sure how to attribute:
U.S. Has Worst Wealth Inequality of Any Rich Nation, and It’s Not Even Close
I’ve discussed the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Reports before, an excellent source of data for both wealth and wealth inequality. The most recent edition, from November 2016, shows the United States getting wealthier, but steadily more unequal in wealth per adult and dropping from 25th to 27th in median wealth per adult since 2014. Moreover, […]
A thought for Sunday: for now the economy remains on automatic pilot –and that’s good
by New Deal democrat A thought for Sunday: for now the economy remains on automatic pilot –and that’s good How much, if any, of the economy, has been influenced by the Trump/Ryan GOP government in Washington to date? With one exception, not much I think. First of all, while the jobs report was certainly good, […]
WI Badgers 65 – Villanova 62
4th Time in a row to the sweet 16 . . . Go Badgers. Not a repeat year; but, it was fun to watch.
The Budget
Via Econospeak from Sandwichman:
Should The Complacent Class Be Called The Fearful Class?
by Barkley Rosser (originally from Econospeak) Should The Complacent Class Be Called The Fearful Class? Tyler Cowen has published his most successful book yet, The Complacent Class, now on the Washington Post nonfiction bestseller list and getting reviewed by everybody from The Economist to the New York Times and on. It is the Book de Jour […]