Indeed, he liked to stress that wages are irrelevant apart from how they factor into per-unit production costs.

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But he thinks that factor is now largely irrelevant.

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Many policy analysts say that 200% is an irrelevant cutoff for SCHIP because it doesn't factor in the differences in health care premiums and cost of living among the states.

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