[Nachum]

Lying liars.

[backwoods-engineer]

Can we get a ‘barf alert’ on administration propaganda?

[MortMan]

Insurance is wildly more expensive (for miniscule and diminishing returns), and the authors believe this is a healthy thing for the economy.

Such a scatalogical sandwich they have proffered.

[Vigilanteman]

And broken windows are good for the glazier.

So let's stimulate the economy by turning a bunch of feral thugs loose. Sort of like what was done on the health care industry.

[scottinoc]

They’re spinning so hard I’m getting dizzy. Basically this is saying Obamacare is good because it forces people to throw more of their money away which stimulates the economy. Of course then they have no money to start/expand businesses, but “they didn’t build that” anyway.

[Mouton]

Ha ha ha. Funniest line of day

[ColdOne]

They don’t try to hide the lies now.

[RegulatorCountry]

So, we didn’t get the typical bump in consumer spending from low retail prices for gasoline, because increased healthcare insurance costs absorbed it, and this is a good thing?

[BenLurkin]

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Part of the increased spending no doubt has to do with the number of people spending more on insurance who did not have it before, but also higher spending on drug prescriptions.

So Obamacare drives costs up which results in an increase in spending, which is good for the economy? By that logic, why don't we double the price of gas or groceries, which also would increase spending? Liberal logic absolutely blows my mind sometimes.

[facedown]

I think you misspelled the source. It should be LOL.

[TEXOKIE]

Didn’t read it..... Obama cool aid drinkers. Dear God help us.

[Lorianne]

Well yes, if you are one of the millions of people getting jobs in the MASSIVE health insurance and Obamacare bureaucracy ... then this has been good for you.

If not, too bad for you.

[OriginalChristian]

Satire?

[dhs12345]

On the backs of middle class taxpayers.

[DallasGal]

So glad I’m covered under my employers plan, but I’m waiting for dramatic increases in the next open enrollment. The spin on this article is ridiculous. The rising costs is just another testament to how poorly anything touched by the government performs.

[DugwayDuke]

“This would indicate that Americans have been not only been spending more because of increased costs, but also intentionally allocating more of their wallet to the sector.”

So why would requiring Americans to spend more on health care be good for the economy. That increased spending comes at the cost of spending in other sectors. At most, a wash.

[oldtech]

I wonder if a good beating would clear up this kind of thinking?

[Alberta's Child]

The basic premise of this article is ridiculous. One the reasons that has always been cited to support the need for "health care reform" in the U.S. is that we spend something like 17% of our GDP on health care ... and have the highest per-capita health care costs in the world.

So now excessive health care spending is somehow a GOOD thing? LMAO.

[DungeonMaster]

Obamacare has been good for the economy

Breaking windows is good for the economy.