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    Ryan : Health Exchanges are bad except except when they're good.

    By Flavius on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 12:14pm |

    From the Washington Post to Brad Delong  to you

     

    Ezra Klein: Speaking of the Affordable Care Act, you’ve said before that the theory behind the exchanges in Ryan-Rivlin and the theory behind the exchanges in the Affordable Care Act are identical. That would mean Republicans who believe in Ryan’s model should be more optimistic about the Affordable Care Act. But Ryan has said the two of you simply disagree on how to build the exchanges. Can you explain to me the disagreement you have that would make Ryan-Rivlin different from the ACA?

    Alice Rivlin: No. I can’t. I think he’s sort of backed himself into an intellectual corner here.

    Ezra Klein: When you would talk to him, did he seem to recognize that?

    Alice Rivlin: Yes.

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    Alice Rivlin: ‘I don’t support the version of Medicare premium support in the Ryan plan’: