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<title><![CDATA[Avik Roy - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/21230.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Avik Roy]]></description><category domain="21230">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The State of Freedom Conservatism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/08/the_state_of_freedom_conservatism_154201.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is an edited version of a speech delivered at the Freedom Conservatism Conference on May 20, 2026. 
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
At a White House press conference in May, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s your hope for America at a time such as this?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Rubio responded:
My hope...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Want to Stick It to Coastal Elites? Use Bitcoin]]></title>
							<link>https://americanmind.org/features/free-bitcoin/want-to-stick-it-to-coastal-elites-use-bitcoin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The digital money revolution is happening'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which side of it are you on?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Truth About What's Going On With Covid Right Now]]></title>
							<link>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276490546471677952.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you want to understand what's going on with #COVID19 right now, the best place to look is Florida, because they do the best job of anyone in terms of data transparency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Strategy for Reopening Schools, Getting People to Work]]></title>
							<link>https://freopp.org/a-new-strategy-for-bringing-people-back-to-work-during-covid-19-a912247f1ab5</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' quasi-consensus has emerged'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' among many policymakers and commentators that the U.S. should continue to close schools and non-essential businesses until coronavirus testing and immunity is widespread. But there is a significant possibility that we are many months, if not years, away...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Bill Cassidy's Plan to Replace Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/09/17/take-two-inside-bill-cassidys-plan-to-replace-obamacare/#3980b7de1181</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first attempt to get an Obamacare replacement through the Senate failed due to two groups of GOP holdouts. The first group, led by Rand Paul (Ky.), believed that the Better Care Reconciliation Act'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' did too much to replace Obamacare. The second group'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'much larger'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'consisted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Senate Saves the 10th Amendment]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The health-care bill would liberate states to bypass ObamaCare rules and better manage Medicaid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CBO Predictions About the Senate Health Bill Are Deeply Flawed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/06/27/cbo-predictions-about-the-senate-health-care-bill-are-deeply-flawed/#26f907a479d4</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office published its estimate of the Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s draft health care legislation, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Democrats are trumpeting the claim that under the GOP bill, 22 million fewer people will have coverage than under Obamacare in 2026....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Bill Will Transform American Health Care - for the Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/06/23/the-new-senate-republican-bill-will-transform-american-health-care/#2a1fc25c4318</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The hotly-anticipated Senate Republican health care bill came out on Thursday morning. The airwaves quickly filled up with predictable talking points from both sides. But once the dust settles, it will emerge that the Senate bill will have far-reaching effects on American health care:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here's How 51 Senators Can Reduce Premiums]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The secret to repealing ObamaCare's regulations through reconciliation is buried in the Ryan bill.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Medicaid Is Free. So Why Does It Require a Mandate?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The CBO estimates that five million fewer people would sign up without the ObamaCare tax penalty.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Closer Look at CBO Score Shows Positive Signs for GOP Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/03/14/believe-it-or-not-cbos-score-of-house-gop-obamacare-replacement-is-better-than-expected/#27df801a5951</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that 24 million fewer people will have health insurance by 2026 under the House GOP Obamacare replacement. That projection is unsurprising, and quite likely overstated.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' 5 Lamest Excuses for Obamacare Premium Hikes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/10/27/the-5-lamest-excuses-for-obamacares-22-premium-hike/#604cd58f6189</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Obama administration announced that premiums in Obamacare's insurance exchanges would increase by an average of 22 percent in 2017. That's far worse than what many observers had expected. But the biggest surprise hasn't been Obamacare's rate hikes. It has been the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Mr. Trump, Socialized Medicine Isn't Successful]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/08/07/no-donald-trump-single-payer-health-care-doesnt-work-incredibly-well-in-canada-scotland/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Many Obamacare Enrollees Were Uninsured?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/04/09/rand-comes-clean-obamacares-exchanges-enrolled-only-1-4-million-previously-uninsured-individuals/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, I wrote about an article in the Los Angeles Times, on a then-as-yet unpublished report from the RAND Corporation. The report indicated that only one-third of Obamacare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s purported 7.1 million exchange sign-ups were from the previously uninsured. But Noam Levey, the author...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Study: Just 14% of Sign-Ups Are Previously Uninsured]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/03/08/mckinsey-only-14-of-obamacare-exchange-sign-ups-are-previously-uninsured-enrollees/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has, for months now, been peddling nice-sounding numbers as to how many people are gaining health coverage due to Obamacare. But their numbers have been inflated on two fronts. First, not everyone who has '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'selected a marketplace plan'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' under Obamacare has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Most Credible Plan Yet to Replace Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/01/27/senate-republicans-develop-the-most-credible-plan-yet-to-repeal-and-replace-obamacare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Repealing and replacing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Obamacare with market-oriented reforms has been the Republican mantra for years now. If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re a long-time follower of this space, you know that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re skeptical that Obamacare will ever be repealed, GOP slogans to the contrary. Today,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Most Obamacare Enrollees Were Already Insured]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/01/18/coverage-expansion-fail-less-than-one-third-of-obamacare-exchange-enrollees-were-previously-uninsured/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At the end of the day, for all of the rhetoric and promises about what Obamacare would achieve, the health law'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s most ardent supporters have stuck to their guns because of one thing: coverage expansion. But new data suggests that Obamacare may fail even to achieve this goal. Instead of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Lies and the Press &quot;Fact-Checkers&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/12/27/in-2008-politifacts-2013-lie-of-the-year-that-you-could-keep-your-health-plan-under-obamacare-it-rated-true/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On December 12, the self-appointed guardians of truth and justice at PolitiFact named President Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s infamous promise'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'if you like your health care plan, you can keep it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'its 2013 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Lie of the Year.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' An understandable choice. But in its article...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Utter Chaos: WH Exempts Millions From Mandate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/12/20/utter-chaos-white-house-exempts-millions-from-obamacares-insurance-mandate-unaffordable-exchanges/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to come up with new ways to describe the Obama administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s improvisational approach to the Affordable Care Act'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s troubled health insurance exchanges. But last night, the White House made its most consequential announcement yet. The administration will grant...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bending the Cost Curve -- Upward]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/359352/obamacare-bends-cost-curve-upward-avik-roy</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back in 2008, three eminent Harvard economists who were advising the Obama campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'David Cutler, David Blumenthal, and Jeffrey Liebman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'wrote a memo claiming that Senator Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s health-care plan could reduce national health spending by $200 billion a year. As Kevin Sack...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ObamaCare to Increase California Premiums 64-146%]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/05/30/rate-shock-in-california-obamacare-to-increase-individual-insurance-premiums-by-64-146/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, the state of California claimed that its version of Obamacare'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s health insurance exchange would actually reduce premiums. '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'These rates are way below the worst-case gloom-and-doom scenarios we have heard,'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' boasted Peter Lee, executive director of the California exchange. But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why States Shouldn't Expand Medicaid]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/341306/twelve-reasons-say-no-avik-roy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Florida governor Rick Scott has endorsed Medicaid expansion, Virginia governor Bob McDonnell has taken a different stance.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Please understand that I cannot and will not support consideration of an expansion of Medicaid in Virginia until major reforms are authorized and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kasich's Misleading Medicaid Explanation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/340204/kasichs-misleading-medicaid-expansion-avik-roy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Middle Ground on Abortion Could Look Like]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339351/pro-choice-iandi-pro-life-avik-roy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since abortion is a matter of life and death, politics ought to be secondary when we reflect on the issue. But political considerations aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t trivial. Over the last 20 years, Democrats have captured the middle ground on abortion. Bill Clinton approximated the public mood by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Republican Rebels Are Right]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/12/20/on-the-fiscal-cliff-republican-rebels-are-right-no-deal-is-better-than-a-bad-deal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last night, House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) pulled his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Plan B'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' off the House floor because it lacked support from the House Republican caucus. The media is atwitter about Boehner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s failure to control his troops, because they believe that President Obama has gained a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Perry on States Wrestling With ObamaCare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/12/08/how-red-states-wrestle-with-obamacare-the-forbes-interview-with-texas-gov-rick-perry/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, I interviewed Texas Governor Rick Perry at the 2012 Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York. Perry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Texas has been an engine of economic growth, far outpacing national indicators, and Perry has a source of creative free-market approaches to state policy problems,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems' Medicare Defense Doesn't Hold Up]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/08/16/fact-checking-the-obama-campaigns-defense-of-its-716-billion-cut-to-medicare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five days ago, Democrats were cheering the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s choice for Vice President. Democrats thought that Ryan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s efforts at Medicare reform would terrify seniors (with their encouragement, of course), thereby handing the election to President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, ObamaCare Cuts Medicare More Than Romney]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/08/13/yes-obamacare-cuts-medicare-more-than-president-romney-would/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know it from listening to the Obama campaign, but there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only one Presidential candidate in 2012 who has cut Medicare: Barack Obama, whose Affordable Care Act cuts Medicare by $716 billion from 2013-2022. Today, the Romney campaign reiterated its pledge to repeal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Final Battle Over Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/304532</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1969, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross proposed that there are five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In the wake of John Roberts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s incoherent Supreme Court flip-floppery, most conservatives appear to find themselves in stage 1'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ('&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Hey, we held the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Pre-Emptively 2nd-Guess ObamaCare Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2012/06/24/democrats-pre-emptively-second-guess-each-other-on-obamacares-supreme-court-reckoning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Avik Roy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday brought us two lengthy articles, from the New York Times and Washington Post, about Obamacare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s individual mandate. Some liberal critics complain that the Obama administration didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t heed their warnings about the mandate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Constitutional weakness, while still...]]></description>
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