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By: kliuless

fwiw, brad delong also has a pretty good take on the political economy of health care in that link too :P my take: from what i understand, long-term structural deficits are primarily a function of...

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By: sfenders

Somehow I knew I'd regret trying to read that linked article, but I did anyway. In case anyone else was wondering how 40% of 1990 nuclear power generation could be less than installed wind power, the...

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By: sfenders

Is the definition really that hard to grasp? Nope, and it's a perfectly useful one I guess, but it's somewhat different than the definition many people (including me) would think of. Maybe yours is...

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By: The World Famous

Ah, so a national health service is health care subsidy in just the same way as the US military is devoted to providing subsidies for the waging of wars, and the school system subsidizes the teaching...

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By: sfenders

The NHS increases demand by purchasing health care for consumers who otherwise would not be in the market. Payment need not be in excess of "market prices" in order to constitute a subsidy. Ah, so a...

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By: The World Famous

The World Famous: given that all citizens of a country should have access to health care, what system is more efficient at delivering that health care? I am strongly in favor of subsidized health care....

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By: Artful Codger

I'm mostly in favour of simplifying things... complexity just provides nooks and crannies for exceptions to fester and multiply. So... eliminating energy subsidies is theoretically an improvement....

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By: The World Famous

the NHS pays market prices for land, labor, drugs, equipment The NHS increases demand by purchasing health care for consumers who otherwise would not be in the market. Payment need not be in excess of...

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By: bad grammar

Since American libertarian right-wingers can generate an endless supply of hot air and flaming rhetoric, they need only be hooked up to a turbine or boiler. Endless energy supply, as long as sufficient...

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By: dongolier

the NHS pays market prices for land, labor, drugs, equipment: they dont say, "well, Pfizer youre helping people so we'll pay extra for your meds, keep up the good work, maybe run a few extra pills out...

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By: ennui.bz

And yet I had to find him sound reports from a prestigious energy firm before I could convince him that wind is more economical than other sources that use fuel. which is why the cape wind project off...

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By: The World Famous

its when the government pays out in order to i. raise supply for a good, or ii. raise the demand for a good (at the taxpayers expense). Do you not see how the NHS in the UK, which you describe as "just...

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By: anigbrowl

they actually just buy outright whatever it is 80 million people need to stay healthy---there is no private sector that lines their pockets with government subsidies. I'm a fan of the NHS, but there...

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By: dongolier

The World Famous: im using this definition. its when the government pays out in order to i. raise supply for a good, or ii. raise the demand for a good (at the taxpayers expense).

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By: clarknova

I had a buddy in the wind turbine industry tell me that he doesn't think wind turbines are a good investment because "they require government support to be profitable." I have a cousin who's a very...

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By: anigbrowl

Perhaps I misunderstood what I heard on NPR yesterday, but isn't the cap on the fine they (BP) pay? That cap only applies in cases of genuine accident, due to causes outside of a producer's control (as...

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By: The World Famous

I think you're using some definition of "subsidy" that I am unfamiliar with, dongolier.

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By: dongolier

The World Famous: the NHS in the UK works pretty well. they actually just buy outright whatever it is 80 million people need to stay healthy---there is no private sector that lines their pockets with...

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By: Hoopo

Don't worry, you guys can still buy our heavily-subsidized oil at low, low prices Yours Truly, Canada

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By: The World Famous

yes, The World Famous i supported health care reform, and, no i dont support the psuedo-governmental American Medical Association's doctor "subsidy" of limiting the numbers of med school spots...

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