Confirming my long-held opinion that Jason Shafrin is the smartest health care economist blogging these days is his post on the implications of Bush's tax cuts...I mean health insurance reform policy.

Jason's insight on the trillion dollar excess policy is brilliant.

He also provides a chart illustrating the financial implications of Bush's plan - no surprise here; "the value of the health insurance tax deduction is worth more than 2x the value for the individual making $10,000,000 as for the person making $10,000."