First off this is a strawman about how a universal coverage system would be implemented. Second off, it is an anecdote. Even if I concede the dubiously sourced point that there are longer waiting tim… (View Post)

As I've said before, Serwer is arguably the best person writing about US politics right now (View Post)

Again, I'm going to call out your tendency to bring up an anecdote -- cherry picking -- in order to try and reject some much more comprehensive, aggregate data on health outcomes that I posted earlie… (View Post)

Those countries are not, as you said, in Western Europe. (View Post)

Why not though? Political candidates, especially presidents or party leaders are often chosen, in part, for tactical considerations. Again, every four years we have a discussion about how VP candidat… (View Post)