tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post2747521760992961321..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Incidence of the Obamacare SubsidiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-71599355782433354072017-10-15T04:51:46.959-04:002017-10-15T04:51:46.959-04:00I was hoping to start a conversation and this Atri...I was hoping to start a conversation and this Atrios piece is excellent so thanks. He links to this:<br /><br />https://theintercept.com/2017/10/08/healthcare-democrats-public-private-markets/<br /><br />“THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY has fully mobilized multiple times this year in defense of the Affordable Care Act. But when it comes to the future of health care, the party has quietly given up on the idea of trying to make the ACA principle of regulated private insurance markets work. Instead, they see expanding public health insurance as the future.”<br /><br />At minimum we need that public option. <br />ProGrowthLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138489390594441753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-88247155875347693982017-10-14T19:51:47.043-04:002017-10-14T19:51:47.043-04:00Are there any other links from center left economi...Are there any other links from center left economists? The DeLongs piece requires registration in order to read. (One link from over a year ago? How long did you search for one?)<br /><br />As Duncan Black points out, the ACA creators and supporters were all about how competition would lower prices. It didn't work out that way.<br /><br />http://www.eschatonblog.com/2017/10/it-didnt-work-as-its-proponents-claimed.html<br /><br />So in my opinion your suggested history is misleading. I agree with you that there should be greater anti-trust enforcement. In fact we should nationalize health insurance companies and enact single-payer.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com