interposition

December 14, 2012|Douglas Holtz-Eakin, interposition, Medicaid, PPACA

Interposition: An Update From the Cliff

If (as looks likely) a significant number of states decline to participate in Obamacare’s “exchanges” or in its Medicaid expansion (or both), I wrote last week, the Affordable Care Act may well crumble and collapse within the President’s term in office. Herewith a few additional thoughts, occasioned by news from the Beltway swamp.

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A discussion with Graham McAleer

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A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

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