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Paul Krugman: The Incompetence Dogma. So Much for Obamacare Not Working
New York Times ^ | 06/27/2014 | Paul Krugman

Posted on 06/28/2014 11:29:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Have you been following the news about Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act has receded from the front page, but information about how it’s going keeps coming in — and almost all the news is good. Indeed, health reform has been on a roll ever since March, when it became clear that enrollment would surpass expectations despite the teething problems of the federal website.

What’s interesting about this success story is that it has been accompanied at every step by cries of impending disaster. At this point, by my reckoning, the enemies of health reform are 0 for 6. That is, they made at least six distinct predictions about how Obamacare would fail — every one of which turned out to be wrong.

“To err is human,” wrote Seneca. “To persist is diabolical.” Everyone makes incorrect predictions. But to be that consistently, grossly wrong takes special effort. So what’s this all about?

Many readers won’t be surprised by the answer: It’s about politics and ideology, not analysis. But while this observation isn’t particularly startling, it’s worth pointing out just how completely ideology has trumped evidence in the health policy debate.

And I’m not just talking about the politicians; I’m talking about the wonks. It’s remarkable how many supposed experts on health care made claims about Obamacare that were clearly unsupportable. For example, remember “rate shock”? Last fall, when we got our first information about insurance premiums, conservative health care analysts raced to claim that consumers were facing a huge increase in their expenses. It was obvious, even at the time, that these claims were misleading; we now know that the great majority of Americans buying insurance through the new exchanges are getting coverage quite cheaply.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: authorondrugs; delusional; incompetence; krugman; obamacare; paulkrugman; worsteconomistever
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1 posted on 06/28/2014 11:29:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Says the Obamacare exempt goon.


2 posted on 06/28/2014 11:31:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: SeekAndFind

I see that the Slimes is up to its usual B/S again.


3 posted on 06/28/2014 11:31:52 AM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: mongo141

“great majority of Americans buying insurance through the new exchanges are getting coverage quite cheaply”

conveniently not noting this is the net cost AFTER SUBSIDIES.


4 posted on 06/28/2014 11:33:42 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Paul Krugman is certifiable.


5 posted on 06/28/2014 11:35:17 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

Krugman is such a hopelessly deranged little man.


6 posted on 06/28/2014 11:35:21 AM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama's faithful ferret: paul krugman photo: Paul Krugman 1 PaulKrugman.jpg as ugly as a cottonmouth moccasin.
7 posted on 06/28/2014 11:36:03 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: SeekAndFind

Krugman: “We’ve heard scare stories about how Obamacare works in practice. That premiums are going up and a little girl who lost her cardiologist. These stories are false.”


8 posted on 06/28/2014 11:37:26 AM PDT by SSS Two
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To: Mouton
“great majority of Americans buying insurance through the new exchanges are getting coverage quite cheaply”

If doctors/hospitals refuse to take Obamacare insurance, then what good does it do?

(Other than making Emergency Rooms -- that can't refuse anyone -- even more of a mess than they were before Obamacare. http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/08/more-patients-er-obamacare/10197793/ )

9 posted on 06/28/2014 11:38:56 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: SSS Two

I’m relieved to hear that the premium for my ‘compliant’ plan didn’t triple.


10 posted on 06/28/2014 11:40:33 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind

Obamacare is gone from the headlines because the Coward Party has signed off on it now.

When more and more people start getting hit with cancellations and increased costs from the IRS, they’ll be wondering where the “Republican” party are.

Gone to K street with their heads up the butts of the lobbyists, that’s where.


11 posted on 06/28/2014 11:42:12 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: tumblindice
Looks like he's trying to compensate for something with all that pubic hair on his face.


12 posted on 06/28/2014 11:43:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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>> and almost all the news is good

The rodent is an asshat. Major rate hikes in the pipes.

Go pound sand, rodent asshat!


13 posted on 06/28/2014 11:43:17 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I still remember the times years ago where Bill O’Reilly and Krugman were guests on another talk show and Krugman tried a snide remark and O’R yelled at him. For the balance of the segment, Krugman was so intimidated, slouching, looking very small, and his hands were literally trembling.

No doubt in my mind he wet himself and soiled his BVDs.


14 posted on 06/28/2014 11:43:19 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Krugman sans pubifacial hair: rat photo: rat rat.jpg
16 posted on 06/28/2014 11:47:16 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: SeekAndFind
Conveniently ignoring the effect this new tax is already having on the economy.

If you enjoy laughing at him, James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal cleans Krugman's clock about three times per week:

In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors. We've all heard scare stories about how that works in practice; these stories are false. ~ Former Enron Advisor Paul Krugman

17 posted on 06/28/2014 11:47:47 AM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Krug needs a 2x4 upside his head.


18 posted on 06/28/2014 11:48:58 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SeekAndFind

I work as a nurse. We had a patient who had to have Obamacare as she lost her job.

Then she had to have a surgery. She was brought to our hospital because of ACA, we take it, her other Dr. does not.

So she lost her usual surgeon, who has been managing her for years surgically for her chronic diabetic ulcers to her foot. He’s done a good job.

The new guy, our guy, is backlogged with surgeries. He could not get to her for a 4 or 5 days to do the surgery, whereas her other Doctor always took her into surgery the day after admittance to the other hospital. So she had to wait on his schedule in our hospital, getting antibiotics and having the schedule for surgery cancelled twice and rescheduled.

She’s ‘not happy’ with the ACA, I can tell you that, boy.


19 posted on 06/28/2014 11:50:19 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SeekAndFind
It’s about politics and ideology, not analysis.

America was founded in liberty. Is that ideological? You bet. Your "analysis" is tiny compared the truths of our founding.

20 posted on 06/28/2014 11:52:27 AM PDT by Yardstick
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