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fecting international healthcare prices, while there clearly is an overall correlation in the shapes of the curves. The major thing going on across the world at the time was a mass recession followed by a very slow recovery triggered by the crisis.
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
fecting international healthcare prices, while there clearly is an overall correlation in the shapes of the curves. The major thing going on across the world at the time was a mass recession followed by a very slow recovery triggered by the crisis.
Look at both charts - there's an inflection point around the same time around 2010. You're correct that that's during the recovery, not during the actual crash, but it's remarkable to me that that bend is there in both curves. I have no causal explanation, but there is zero chance of the ACA af-
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Look at both charts - there's an inflection point around the same time around 2010. You're correct that that's during the recovery, not during the actual crash, but it's remarkable to me that that bend is there in both curves. I have no causal explanation, but there is zero chance of the ACA af-
said more to set up the context (i.e., some costs have gone down as their linked article shows), but to me this doesn't add up to a lie. Regardless, I think your viewpoint is valid, too.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
said more to set up the context (i.e., some costs have gone down as their linked article shows), but to me this doesn't add up to a lie. Regardless, I think your viewpoint is valid, too.
Except that by my reading they *didn't* say the opposite. They said that the ACA has been *attacked* for not lowering costs, which is different from saying the ACA didn't lower costs. I believe this was intended to reflect the primary argument the GOP uses against the ACA. They could/should have...
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Except that by my reading they *didn't* say the opposite. They said that the ACA has been *attacked* for not lowering costs, which is different from saying the ACA didn't lower costs. I believe this was intended to reflect the primary argument the GOP uses against the ACA. They could/should have...
Top-coding shouldn't change the aggregate numbers, should it? IMO these results are not implausible - higher income people will tend to spend a smaller proportion of their income - there's only so much "consuming" you can do. The incomes are much more skewed than the expenditures, I believe.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Top-coding shouldn't change the aggregate numbers, should it? IMO these results are not implausible - higher income people will tend to spend a smaller proportion of their income - there's only so much "consuming" you can do. The incomes are much more skewed than the expenditures, I believe.
It's about 23% as of 2023 according to BLS data. (fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NULk - select "Download" to get the data in tabular form)
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It's about 23% as of 2023 according to BLS data. (fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1NULk - select "Download" to get the data in tabular form)
Obamacare is a great program because it reduces healthcare costs for people who can least afford them - but the NYT is correct, IMO, in that it hasn't been able to rein in healthcare costs as a whole.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Obamacare is a great program because it reduces healthcare costs for people who can least afford them - but the NYT is correct, IMO, in that it hasn't been able to rein in healthcare costs as a whole.
Any slowdown in growth is likely more attributable to the financial crisis than Obamacare (see chart - other countries show the same pattern). The gap in cost of healthcare in the US vs. comparable countries is still growing. This doesn't seem like "lying" to me.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Any slowdown in growth is likely more attributable to the financial crisis than Obamacare (see chart - other countries show the same pattern). The gap in cost of healthcare in the US vs. comparable countries is still growing. This doesn't seem like "lying" to me.
He may not be wrong there - Recessions tend to be deflationary.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He may not be wrong there - Recessions tend to be deflationary.
The sad reality is that the amount of buzz this article generated in my feed (despite being universally negative) means we're going to keep seeing stuff like this.
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The sad reality is that the amount of buzz this article generated in my feed (despite being universally negative) means we're going to keep seeing stuff like this.
Trump's dumb to pitch it this way. Bird flu has hit Turkey prices hard - so not his fault, but costs are definitely not down.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump's dumb to pitch it this way. Bird flu has hit Turkey prices hard - so not his fault, but costs are definitely not down.
Is it just me, or is JD salivating a little when he says "I'd have to become president"?
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Is it just me, or is JD salivating a little when he says "I'd have to become president"?
He was trying to riff on a sentence in his speech that he misunderstood. The sentence was probably that Christians are more than twice as likely *to* adopt than the general population. He thought "adopt" meant "adapt" and then nonsensically riffed on that.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
He was trying to riff on a sentence in his speech that he misunderstood. The sentence was probably that Christians are more than twice as likely *to* adopt than the general population. He thought "adopt" meant "adapt" and then nonsensically riffed on that.
This makes sense to me. It would be interesting to parse the mileage a little bit here - i.e., how many rideshare miles vs. personally-driven miles. I think the first-order effect may be that people drive their own cars less, vs. getting rid of them.
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This makes sense to me. It would be interesting to parse the mileage a little bit here - i.e., how many rideshare miles vs. personally-driven miles. I think the first-order effect may be that people drive their own cars less, vs. getting rid of them.
I was looking out for this post... Yep!
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was looking out for this post... Yep!
Ah, so raising tariffs does not raise prices, but lowering tariffs will lower them. We should just keep placing and removing tariffs - pretty soon everything will be free.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ah, so raising tariffs does not raise prices, but lowering tariffs will lower them. We should just keep placing and removing tariffs - pretty soon everything will be free.
TL;DR - it's probably a tactical move on her part to push for the best outcome.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
TL;DR - it's probably a tactical move on her part to push for the best outcome.
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What's particularly chilling about this is the implication that the ICE agents see their role as a politicized one - they're not enforcing laws - they're pushing their political party's views. No professional law enforcement agency should operate this way.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
What's particularly chilling about this is the implication that the ICE agents see their role as a politicized one - they're not enforcing laws - they're pushing their political party's views. No professional law enforcement agency should operate this way.
Yep, exactly. I personally think Tesla may have already peaked and keeping Musk is a mistake - but Tesla wouldn't have its current valuation without Musk, either, so...
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Yep, exactly. I personally think Tesla may have already peaked and keeping Musk is a mistake - but Tesla wouldn't have its current valuation without Musk, either, so...