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The Necessary and Improper Clause?

…authority with public health authority is nonsensical. The former authority cannot logically justify the latter authority, and the punitive custodial authority does not naturally morph into a public health authority…

Kevin Drum Huh ?

…passes a bill with a public option. The conference committee reports out a compromise with a public option. 218 Representatives plus 50 senators plus Joe Biden approve the conference committee…

HR3200 Sec 116: Golden Bullet? or Smoking Gun?

…HR3200 (the House Tri-Committee Health Care Affordability bill) and a public option on employer covered insurance. On net it turns out that they project more people on employer paid insurance…

Karl Rove on Health Insurance

…doesn’t it? Fourth, the public option is far too expensive. The cost of Medicare — the purest form of a government-run “public choice” for seniors — will start exceeding its…

Cost benefit analysis and OIRA

…this reason, cost-benefit analysis should be onlyone of several analytical tools in regulatory decision making.Cost-benefit analysis should be an especially minor tool in the consideration of public healthrulemakings. Monetizing certain…

Private and public feedback and function discussion

It seems there are a few rules that emerged from yesterday’s discussion about private versus public functions and efficiencies. 1. Government functions are inefficient all on their own. There are…