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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Health Care

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
John Cochrane | After the ACA: Freeing the market for health care
Most of the current policy debate, and the optimistically‐named “Affordable Care Act,” focuses on health insurance. I think we need to move on to think about the economics of health care. If the ACA is repealed, we still have a mess on our hands, and just fixing insurance will not be enough to clean up that mess.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Neighborhood Effects | If Obamacare is Repealed, Maybe We Should Replace it With George McGovern’s Plan?
The editorial board in today’s Wall Street Journal eulogizes George McGovern. At the end, they point to a 1992 OpEd that McGovern wrote for the journal. It talks about the regulatory burdens he encountered after he gave up the trappings of public office to become an inn-keeper