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   Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments
over the healthcare law over the course of three days. It’s been
the subject of debate all over the news and it’s something that
even my lovely wife has asked me about. This Your Take is going
to be exceptionally long, I hope you read most of it and I
really hope you share your thoughts. Unlike the vast majority of
the comments on the Internet, I know that when it comes to
thoughtful insight, you guys have enlightening me more than the
other way around.  Before I get into what I think, I want to
introduce the idea of the tragedy of the commons, because it
plays an integral role in how I think of health care. If you
have several herders sharing a common piece of land, where each
herder is allowed to let their cows graze there, and each herder
has an incentive to keep the pasture in good condition. If
everyone starts with five cows and they agree to share the land,
the grass can grow bac