Paul Krugman
Of course, they don’t. But much of the argument over health care amounts to insisting that they do.
Aaron Carroll catches Steve Pearlstein saying that Obamacare and Ryancare are the same thing:
But beyond that, the subsidies in the health care law are supposed to make care affordable; the vouchers in Ryancare are not, and in fact would be grossly inadequate.
So the argument that Ryancare is just like Obamacare is like saying that the company janitor, who gets paid $18,000 a year, and a senior vice president who gets paid 20 or 30 times that much both get paid salaries, so hey, they get exactly the same deal!
It’s truly amazing that the Very Serious don’t get this point.
Aaron Carroll catches Steve Pearlstein saying that Obamacare and Ryancare are the same thing:
Democrats have been equally hysterical in attacking Ryancare as a throw-Grandma-under-the-bus scheme to balance the budget, even as they proudly defend the health reform law for everyone else.As Carroll said, this is wrong in part because Ryancare would dismantle the much better system — Medicare — that seniors already have, while Obamacare would provide insurance to those who would not have it otherwise.
But beyond that, the subsidies in the health care law are supposed to make care affordable; the vouchers in Ryancare are not, and in fact would be grossly inadequate.
So the argument that Ryancare is just like Obamacare is like saying that the company janitor, who gets paid $18,000 a year, and a senior vice president who gets paid 20 or 30 times that much both get paid salaries, so hey, they get exactly the same deal!
It’s truly amazing that the Very Serious don’t get this point.
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