{"id":950,"date":"2013-05-14T14:18:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=950"},"modified":"2013-05-14T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T19:18:41","slug":"health-care-inflation-receding-conservatives-flummoxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/health-care-inflation-receding-conservatives-flummoxed\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Inflation Receding; Conservatives Flummoxed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfq1CdMslIUybEHdxuSJ4Kr12wLXRQNQXTOpp4CCHb683zLI--\" width=\"149\" height=\"122\" \/>Nice data-driven, semi-scornful piece today from Jonathan Chait on the right&#8217;s scurrying reaction to the recent slowdown in healthcare costs. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/05\/give-back-that-pulitzer-journal-editorial-page.html\">Read the piece<\/a>. \u00a0Here&#8217;s his conclusion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the fact that the right is being forced to fall back from predicting a staggering rise in health-care costs to explaining away the staggering decline in health-care costs represents real progress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/health-care-inflation-receding-conservatives-flummoxed\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 950,  \"nonce\": \"4d2216e7f6\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"Health Care Inflation Receding; 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