January, 2007

The President’s Plan

by Arnold Kling
The Conversation
January 23rd, 2007

With the President having proposed a new health care plan in his State of the Union Address, this might be an occasion to comment. The plan is to recognize employer-provided health insurance premiums as taxable income, while creating a standard deduction that everyone with health insurance can use. Because the deduction is limited to $7500 [...]

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Not Politically Realistic

by Arnold Kling
The Conversation
January 19th, 2007

Cohn writes, “But if [Kling]‘s going to dismiss single-payer as politically unrealistic, then I have to ask him: Does he think his vision politically realistic?” No. I wrote here: I should start by saying that the book does not contain a single major policy recommendation that is politically palatable today… Maybe some years down the [...]

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