Crunch the numbers, and you'll see it's way, way better than nothing
(NEWSER) - Progressives who oppose the Senate health care bill are “batshit crazy,” writes Nate Silver, because the bill is way, way better than nothing. Crunching the numbers over at FiveThirtyEight.com , Silver estimates that a family of four in the individual market making $54,000 a year could expect to pay $9,000 for health care in 2016 under the Senate bill. That may sound like a lot, but without reform, that’d be $19,576. More»
