![]() ![]() But private insurers’ many efforts to restrain spending earn nothing but criticism from him.ģ. Gruber’s happy to blame “Cadillac” health insurance policies for raising medical costs. He even reassures readers that, under Obamacare, the government’s “comparative effectiveness research” cannot legally be used by private insurance companies to restrict health insurance coverage. He frowns on insurance policies that place any ceiling on annual or lifetime payouts. He brags that Obamacare will close the “enormous gaps” in many private insurance policies. He repeatedly panders to the populist view that near-total insurance is good. Gruber doesn’t just ignore the indirect effects of Medicare and Medicaid on health costs. Imagine how much more affordable health care would be if these programs had never been adopted – or if they were abolished.Ģ. Medicare and Medicaid vastly increase demand for health care. ![]() But he almost totally neglects the connection between the two. Gruber explains the basic facts about health care costs: they’re rising, and government picks up much of the tab. Yet he omits a long list of crucial, damaging points.ġ. He’s careful to avoid outright mistakes, and makes a couple of awkward disclosures. ![]() Gruber crafts his argument like a salesman, not an economic educator. Given my interest in health economics and graphic novels, I was initially hopeful about Jonathan Gruber‘s graphic novel, entitled Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works. ![]()
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