<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Lives Saved]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p> <em><span style="font-size: 12px;">by Patrick Appel</span></em></p>
<p><a href="http://agenda.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzhlZTIyYmE2NDFkMmQxMzNlNTVlZGY1Zjg0MWY4NmE=">Reihan</a> responds to <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/12/the_150000_life_health-care_pl.html">Ezra</a>:</p>
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<p>If we really did argue the issue [of health care reform] in this terrain of number of lives saved, I have to say — I&#39;m pretty confident that we could do much better than $900 billion for 150,000 lives, particularly if we are entirely indifferent to the impact on total employment, economic growth, and personal freedom.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/12/14/joe-lieberman-mass-murderer/">Michael Cannon</a> and <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/12/health-insurance-and-death.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+matthewyglesias+%28Matthew+Yglesias%29">Yglesias</a> debate Ezra&#39;s data.</p>
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