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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (17099)	8/6/2010 6:06:41 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 42652

<<Folks who refuse to believe me tend to believe Krugman...>> Consider the Source Paul Krugman has an interesting post up on how to read a CBO document. He highlights the fact that the CBO reports using the assumptions it is required to make, not any estimate of what is particularly likely to happen in the real world: "What you need to realize is that the CBO is the servant of members of Congress, which means that if a Congressman asks it to analyze a plan under certain assumptions, it will do just that -- no matter how unrealistic the assumptions may be. CBO will tell you what's going on, but it will do so deadpan, doing nothing in terms of emphasis or placement to highlight the funny business." Since this is what folks like me were screaming from the proverbial rooftops during the battle over healthcare reform, when the supporters were highlighting the CBO's score to argue that it was going to reduce the deficit, I find this congenial. I wish that Krugman had walked his readers through this quite a bit earlier, of course, but better late than never. <snip> theatlantic.com

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