First as a teaser: Anti-Trump operative tells me 2 more big oppo hits coming. Says 1 is ~on par w/ 'p***y grab,' the other is worse. But no details. We'll see. — Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 8, 2016 Secondly how in the world did the Republican establishment fuck up so badly? I have some odd …
Mass evacuations and narrow networks
One of the positive things I’ve seen from Hurricane Matthew has been the targeted state governors’ communication has been very clear: GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THE COAST ASAP There has been no dithering, no hoping that a delayed evacuation could save a tourist weekend. Millions of people have been on the move. Hopefully it …
Be safe as Matthew bears down
For all of our Southeastern US readers, be safe and don’t be stupid as Hurricane Matthew bears down. Via the Wunderblog: An 11:03 pm Wednesday fix from the Air Force hurricane hunters found that Matthew had finally closed off its eyewall, and the central pressure had dropped to 959 mb. In its 11 pm EDT …
Sustainability of Medicaid like rates on Exchange
@timothyjlayton Just think it’s hard to imagine Medicaid-level rates becoming a permanent fixture of individual market. — Loren Adler (@LorenAdler) October 4, 2016 Health care spending is a power law field. It is a Pareto field. 20% of the people have 80% of the total spending in the field concentrated on them. 5% of …
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The value of a ground game
4Chan, Reddit and large rallies are good at building group solidarity and raising money as well as a mob. So far they are not a substitute for a boring, grind it out ground game. North Carolina has some interesting data on early voting: Registered Democrats continue to lead in the accepted ballots numbers, and …
APTC Hacks: A comment for meaningful difference improvement
Last night I submitted a fairly long comment (below the fold) to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). My comment is on the initial parameters for the 2018 Exchange year. I and several colleagues think that CMS needs to pay more attention to meaningful difference regulation because the current set of rules allows …
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Pass the Popcorn
Via the Washington Post: The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump’s charity to stop its fundraising immediately, the attorney general’s office said Monday…. the Trump Foundation never registered under article 7A of New York’s …