I want to propose a four-part test for measuring any particular bill on health care cost control. short run long run Federal deficit 1 2 Government health care spending X 3 Private health care spending X 4 In each case, I will define the test so that “yes” is a good outcome: Test 1: The […]
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Much ado about nothing: the House energy bill
In his State of the Union address, the President proposed an energy plan we call Twenty in Ten. The goal is to reduce U.S. gasoline usage by 20% within 10 years (by 2017). There are two main components to 20 in 10 that would reduce gasoline usage: fuel economy standards – we would increase the […]
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12 June 2009 

