SocraticGadfly: From the 'Duh, it's politics' department

June 10, 2011

From the 'Duh, it's politics' department

Shock me that McKinsey, a consulting firm known for being worldwide apostles of neoliberalism, would politicize a non-study "study" of Obamacare to make it look like it will cause employers to drop health insurance policies.

Per TPM's original post, McKinsey claims:
"45 to 50 percent of employers say they will definitely or probably pursue alternatives to [Employer Sponsored Insurance] in the years after 2014. Those alternatives include dropping coverage, offering it through a defined-contribution model, or in effect offering it only to certain employees. More than 30 percent of employers overall, and 28 percent of large ones, say they will definitely or probably drop coverage after 2014."
But, that hasn't happened in Massachusetts with Romneycare.

Now, since McKinsey won't release the study details, will some leaker inside the company tell us who paid for it to be done?

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The Wisconsin GOP is running fake candidates in the Democratic primaries for recalled GOP state senate candidates. Should Dems do the same? One group says yes.

I agree. But, Democrats generally anymore have no cojones, so, ain't likely.

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