Keller picks up on the health care controversy in his interview with Niki Tsongas this morning; asks her to defend her comments that the free market will take care of health care costs. She doesn't answer the question, instead talking about … [Read more...]
Health care spending: The blob that ate Massachusetts
Telling us what we already pretty much knew, here's the Globe:Health care spending for Massachusetts communities has nearly doubled since 2001, squeezing town budgets and forcing cutbacks in public safety and government services and leading … [Read more...]
sco interviews Niki Tsongas
sco's interview with MA-05 candidate Niki Tsongas is up at .08 Acres. Give it a read.You will notice that Tsongas' health care talking points have not changed, nor been fleshed out at all. For instance, sco asks "What would you like to see … [Read more...]
Forget single payer — it’s single purveyor
I'm no health care expert, other than being an inquisitive consumer; I have no real experience in the health care industry. That being said, lack of inside knowledge has never held me back from offering an opinion and hey sometimes it … [Read more...]
A skeptic’s praise
A comment from the recent health insurer "adverse selection" thread struck me, and John McDonough highlighted it in a post of his as well. Our longtime commenter "fairdeal" writes:i had a wonderful 2 hours this morning cruising through … [Read more...]
Catching up: MA-05, John Kerry, Markey on Cape Wind; Patrick on education
Sorry for the light posting yesterday -- all three of us have had work-life commitments ... Anyway, here's what's doing:MA-05: Candidates continue to evolve on health care. Not to get too circular and self-referential with the other blogs, … [Read more...]
Adverse Selection by Massachusetts Health Insurance Companies
Following the forum, Mr. Wingle assured me that Health Connector Board has some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the state and would not back down on the data reporting requirments that the insurance companies should be fulfilling. … [Read more...]
Pains in Maine
Maine's voluntary health care program -- seemingly like Massachusetts, without the mandates -- has signed up a mere 18,000 people, some of whom already had coverage: PORTLAND, Me., April 23 - When Maine became the first state in years to … [Read more...]
Lowell Sun covers MA-05 health care brawl (very well!)
Dick Howe points us to this Lowell Sun article on the recent discussion of health care in the MA-05 race. It's a very well-researched article: Chockful of relevant and telling quotes from the various candidates; some brief but useful … [Read more...]
Tsongas whiffs on health care.
Earlier this week, a number of MA bloggers, including me, criticized MA-05 candidate Niki Tsongas for what seemed to us like a rather credulous, pat stance on how to solve the country's health care crisis: "free markets." I offered Mrs. … [Read more...]
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