We are pleased that Jason Furman responded to our proposal by recommending that the book (on which we base the proposal) should be “required reading by specialists and non-specialists alike” and noting that he “would be perfectly happy if [our] proposal were adopted.” Both comments are extremely gratifying to receive from a skilled and insightful economist, and particularly from someone who was involved—at the highest levels of the Obama Administration—in crafting national health care policy. We're tempted to stop our response here.

If only Furman had, too.

But in the remainder of his essay, Furman critiques our proposal… and also complains that it can never get enacted. This pairing reminds us of the old joke about people critiquing the culinary options at a resort: the food is terrible… and such small portions!

我们很高兴贾森·弗曼（Jason Furman）回应了我们的提案，建议这本书（我们提案的基础）应该“专家和非专家都必须阅读”，并指出他“如果[我们的]提案得到批准，他将非常高兴被收养了。”这两条评论出自一位经验丰富、富有洞察力的经济学家之口，特别是来自于奥巴马政府最高层参与制定国家医疗保健政策的人，是非常令人欣慰的。我们很想在这里停止我们的回应。

如果弗曼也有的话就好了。

但在他文章的其余部分，弗曼批评了我们的提案……并抱怨它永远无法实施。这种搭配让我们想起了一个关于人们批评度假村烹饪选择的老笑话：食物很糟糕……而且分量这么小！