January, 2007

Postscript . . .

by Jonathan Cohn
The Conversation
January 19th, 2007

Something just occurred to me. Kling attacks Holt and advocates of universal health insurance because under the schemes they recommend “the practice of medicine will be governed by elite technocrats, far removed from doctors and patients” — something Kling deems immoral and inefficient, as well as politically unacceptable. Let’s suppose Kling is right. Fine. Now, [...]

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In Search of the “Politically Realistic”

by Jonathan Cohn
The Conversation
January 19th, 2007

I was going to answer Kling’s original response — and still plan on doing so, shortly. But I just have to jump in and comment quickly on his reply to Holt. I’ll let Holt explain why the vision Kling paints of technocrats secretly cooking up medical guidelines is grossly misleading. Instead, I am curious about [...]

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