The same company that sold that bleeding Obama firing range dummy also markets another firing range dummy called “The Ex”, barely clothed woman to use at the firing range which will ‘bleed’ when shot.

There have been so many hasty and opportunistic reactions to the famed Oregon Medicaid study that containing the spread of misinformation is a bit like standing athwart a tsunami yelling “stop!” Moreover, people like Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt are much more qualified to comment on it and have been doing an excellent job, so I’d really recommend you read their recent posts on the subject.

But to draw attention to one of Medicaid critics’ most effective sleights of hand, performed most recently and deftly by Ross Douthat, consider the following thought experiment. Read More