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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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From: TimF	2/4/2008 4:33:35 PM
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Subsidized care plan's cost to double Enrollment is outstripping state's estimate boston.com Your surprising news of the day 04 Feb 2008 08:37 am Sit down. You might want to have a tranquilizer handy. And a phone, to call a doctor. Remember, it generally starts with a numbness on the left arm . . . Now that you are braced for the shock, here it is: comprehensive health care program costs much, much more than the government anticipated. Not shocked? You must be one of the rare few who knows that government health care plans tend to double their costs in short order, and then keep going. meganmcardle.theatlantic.com ...That link to the Healthy Blog post seems extremely misleading. Paul Krugman seems to be claiming that the post proves that the cost was actually mostly anticipated. But it doesn't. The unanticipated cost of $400 million is pretty much a direct quote from the budget, one that seems to be backed up by the statements of the governor and budget officials. The state budget is a byzantine hive of confusingly organized data, but it seems safe to say that the cost overrun portion of the spending growth is now in the hundreds of millions. The main gist of the post linked by Professor Krugman is that the cost to the state of Massachussetts is less than $400 million, because the Federal government will be kicking in part of the cost. This is, of course, brilliantly irrelevant to any argument over national health care, since the Feds don't have another government to contribute to the kitty. meganmcardle.theatlantic.com

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