Tag Archives: ACA

Your Government At ‘Work’

Posted on February 4, 2014 by ffwiley

From today’s CBO report: CBO estimates that the ACA will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net, by about 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent during the period from 2017 to 2024, almost entirely because workers will choose to … Continue reading →

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The Most Puzzling (and Haunting) Statement about the ACA Fiasco

Posted on November 17, 2013 by ffwiley

This may be a little after-the-fact, but I’ve been thinking about the ACA mess this weekend and keep coming back to President Obama’s November 7 interview with Chuck Todd.  Or more precisely, Ann Althouse’s post on the interview.  (I admit … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Unintended Consequences: It’s Not Just a Technology Problem

Posted on October 20, 2013 by ffwiley

Ron Suskind’s Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Barack Obama’s first two years in office, Confidence Men, tells the inside story of the wheeling and dealing that culminated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to Suskind:

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“Anecdote This,” Dr. Furman

Posted on August 20, 2013 by ffwiley

I’ll be camping out with my son this week at a scenic spot in the mountains (without Ginger Snap, who doesn’t do outdoor sleeping):

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