When Health Controls Fail
Posted: 1/24/2011 1:47:00 PM
It will become clearer in the next few years that the costs and revenues of health reform are seriously out of whack, even if the new reform law survives repeal efforts. Exploding deficits and de…
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The Rich Don’t Need Social Insurance
Posted: 1/14/2011 12:26:00 PM
It’s time for Americans to rethink the purpose and the design of social insurance. Warren Buffet doesn’t need a monthly Social Security check or 75 percent of his prescriptions paid for by Medicar…
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The Debt Commission Chairmen’s Surprising Hidden Agenda
Posted: 11/12/2010 3:35:00 PM
The sweeping proposal unveiled by the co-chairs of President Obama’s debt commission has left Washington insiders scratching their heads. If Erskine Bowles and former-Senator Alan Simpson were se…
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Age is Not the Only Number for Social Security
Posted: 7/26/2010 11:32:00 AM
Last week, Henry Aaron argued in this space that raising the retirement age to help Social Security's solvency amounted to a cloaked benefit cut. He said it's also unlikely to be much help in redu…
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