Groupon!! Best headline of the day: Cost to see VP Mike Pence in Denver plummets after tickets struggle to sell The original minimum ticket for the Mike Pence event was $275. Now it’s $150. Because of a lack of demand, the Colorado Republican Party is offering a Groupon-like deal to see Vice President Mike Pence. …
Trump Opens Another Front in His Personal War with Military Families
White House declined for hours to discuss this dad's case. Now, accuses media of being disgusting by reporting.https://t.co/FtblUW9iRN — Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) October 18, 2017 “President” Flapjaw had to play the big shot in front of the cameras yesterday; when he got called on his bullshit, he went on the offensive (‘offensive’ being his baseline …
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“The Ambassador from Russia is Russian”
KKKeebler Elf brings his outraged honor act to the Senate Judiciary Committee — for an audience of one. Senator Franken isn’t taken in by the moonlight and magnolias act: "We're moving the goal post every time." The full heated exchange between Franken and Sessions (via ABC). pic.twitter.com/PijoXBvpQ3 — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 18, 2017 Franken …
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Open Thread: Suite “Home” Alabama
BREAKING! Roy Moore & Doug Jones tied in #AL-SEN @FoxNews #Poll MORE: https://t.co/gbaOyMA1Wq pic.twitter.com/qh3WXCwKAb — Fox News Poll (@foxnewspoll) October 17, 2017 That “unsure” 11% seems important. CNN: Democrat Doug Jones — once thought to be a longshot in the Deep South — has tied Republican nominee and former judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s US …
I’m gonna keep on loving you
Believe it or not, I do buy into the idea that it’s possible someday, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, the GOP Congress will turn on Trump. But I don’t think it’s likely, and the idea that once the tax cut giveaway to millionaires takes place, the GOP Congress will turn on Trump because they …
Bronze to Catastrophic Price Spreads
I believe that the Catastrophic coverage eligibility expansion in Alexander-Murray is a risk adjustment play. I want to estimate what the potential risk adjustment related pricing increment could be using 2017 Healthcare.gov public data. My data is here. I used the Healthcare.gov PUF Landscape file to identify all counties with both a Bronze and Catastrophic …
Morning thoughts on Alexander-Murray
Caitlin Owens at Axios was able to get the text of Alexander-Murray and we’ll go through it. Analytically, the most critical thing in the bill is that the Copper/Catastrophic expansion is a risk adjustment play. Before we dive into the details, I want to make a couple of general points. First, I still think that …