by Patrick Appel
If we really did argue the issue [of health care reform] in this terrain of number of lives saved, I have to say I'm pretty confident that we could do much better than $900 billion for 150,000 lives, particularly if we are entirely indifferent to the impact on total employment, economic growth, and personal freedom.
Michael Cannon and Yglesias debate Ezra's data.
2006-2011 archives for The Daily Dish, featuring Andrew Sullivan