Posted on 02/07/2016 2:33:44 AM PST by Libloather
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is a bit apoplectic that the left, which has always wanted single-payer health care, is still pushing for single-payer health care.
"Why," he frets, "do we hear not just conservatives but also many progressives trashing President Obama's biggest policy achievement?"
He goes on to say, "A lot of what I hear from the left is not so much a complaint about how the reform falls short as outrage that private insurers get to play any role. The idea seems to be that any role for the profit motive taints the whole effort."
Krugman says that this is "a really bad critique." He's especially upset that Bernie Sanders is leading the charge for scrapping ObamaCare in favor of a "Medicare for all" plan. "Some Sanders supporters have taken to attacking ObamaCare as a failed system."
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This idiot never stops crying. *sniff*
Malignant Dwarf.
Obama himself “trashed” Obamacare. He said it may take 20 years to get to single payer, but that is his goal.
8 years is almost half way to 20...
FTA: “Krugman...President Obama’s biggest policy achievement?”
Krugman must have a different definition of “achievement” than the dictionary I use.
When Krugman carries an Obamacare bronze plan, he can have a say. Until then STFU and let the market forces do the talking.
Why do I get Paul Krugman and Howard Kurtz confused? I know they are both liberals but have they ever worked together?
Krugman: Mr. Irrelevant
Things are such a mess that the immediate improvements that going to the market would cause, would also cause immense pain.
We haven’t had a market economy in health-care for decades, and so much capital is locked up in the mechanisms that much would simply be destroyed without transition. Even with the improvements the confusion and short-term pain and dislocation would likely cause the populace to reject it as failed before it got going. Unlike Obamacare, which gave benefits up front for a bit before the costs hit - and where many costs are hidden - the pain would come up front for many.
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