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Republican health care policy is trial and error

Health care is one-sixth of our economy. When youre dealing with such an important sector, its irresponsible to let the reform process be driven more by political logrolling than by practical impact.

By Megan McArdle | Updated on April 21, 2017
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The Republicans are trying to assemble a health-care bill the way some people play Words With Friends. “Is ‘raitch’ a word? How about ‘taitch’? Okay, let’s try my ‘z’ in that slot.…” House Republicans are trying anything to see whether they can actually secure the 216 votes needed to clear the House and move a bill to the Senate, where it will be someone else’s problem at least for a while.

As in Words With Friends, however, the activity quickly loses any connection with hard-won knowledge and keen analysis. You lose sight of the goal, and start just trying to jam in anything the system will accept.

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