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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Goodbye benefits: Employers still cutting back
Slashed health care coverage and frozen wages were the hallmark of the recession -- at least for those who held onto their jobs. Yet even though the economy has improved, many of the employee benefits that were once guarantees are starting to look like a thing of the past.
Washington Times | Obama’s health care aid to small firms disappoints
It seemed like a good idea at the time, but a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Obama’s health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a disappointment.
National Journal | NYC Plans Super-Size Soda Ban
In an effort to combat obesity, New York City plans a widespread ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, movie theaters and street carts, The New York Times reports.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | ObamaCare in Reverse
One tragedy of the Affordable Care Act is that we already know what its regulations will do to insurance markets, because the states have been conducting policy experiments since the 1990s. But we also know from the states that the damage is reversible, as shown by Maine's emerging insurance turnaround.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
CATO | How to Tell When ObamaCare Takes a Beating in the Kaiser Poll: the Headline Is about Something Else
Even when pollsters tell the public that ObamaCare is “reform,” the public still doesn’t like it.