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Krugman writes: "The truth is that while Republicans have portrayed Obamacare as a crazy, inefficient scheme, it has in fact been much more successful at containing costs than even its proponents expected."

The Republican approach to devising a good Obamacare replacement keeps failing for the same reason a big balloon won't fit in a small box. (photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times)
The Republican approach to devising a good Obamacare replacement keeps failing for the same reason a big balloon won't fit in a small box. (photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times)


The Balloon, the Box and Health Care

By Paul Krugman, The New York Times

21 April 17

 

magine a man who for some reason is determined to stuff a balloon into a box — a box that, aside from being the wrong shape, just isn’t big enough. He starts working at one corner, pushing the balloon into position. But then he realizes that the air he’s squeezed out at one end has caused the balloon to expand elsewhere. So he tries at the opposite corner, but this undoes his original work.

If he’s stupid or obsessive enough, he can spend a long time at this exercise, trying it from various different angles, and maybe even briefly convince himself that he’s making progress. But he’s kidding himself: No matter what he does, the balloon isn’t going to fit in that box.

Now you understand what’s happening to G.O.P. efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

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