(Updated for clarity and accuracy. See above.)The Health Care Amendment ballot initiative will be taken up second today.The summary of today's amendment is as follows:SECTION 1: The People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby declare … [Read more...]
Come to statehouse Wed 11-1 for healthcare amendment support..we need a crowd…
I called my senator (he actually answered the phone!) today to urge him to vote Yes on amendment and he was clueless about it. He was confusing it with the ACT ballot initiative of Health Care for All. What is so discouraging is this … [Read more...]
As Constitutional convention looms, Healthcare amendment is below the media radar.
*******update***********I called my two state legislators. On both occasions I was only able to talk to their secretaries. I was told by my repâs friendly secretary that my state representative was very supportive of the amendment and … [Read more...]
I read health care articles so you don’t have to!
A while back I noted that MassINC had put up a page of articles on the big issues of 2006, to satisfy your every wonky desire. Chris of Left Center Left suggested that folks split up duties and report back to the community on what we … [Read more...]
No health care ballot initiative
Affordable Care Today ("ACT"), the backers of a ballot initiative that would have gone far beyond the health care plan enacted earlier this year, have decided not to file the signatures necessary to put the question on the ballot. The … [Read more...]
“Liveblogging” the DemGuv debate
Sahl: Exclude certain hospitals since they're expensive?Gab: Use community health centers and hospitals.[No discussion of bulk-purchasing of drugs. Tough one, and needs to be done.]Question on education from Keough(?)Reilly: Improve public … [Read more...]
Health care and education debate tonight on WBUR
Tonight at 8pm on WBUR, the Dem Gov. candidates will debate on health care and education. I'm going to try to liveblog it. It'll go an hour -- thank goodness they're not going to try to shoehorn these complex issues into a half-hour … [Read more...]
Mid-week backblog
'Round the horn we go ...Remember that pesky personal mandate? Greater Boston Interfaith Organization has been doing some listening sessions with not-so-wealthy folks who are likely to be hit with the "buy health insurance or else" part of … [Read more...]
Health care: Germany vs. US (and me vs. Jay at the Herald)
Jay Fitzgerald at the Herald chortles that "All is not well in Utopia", since like many countries, Germany is indeed facing some serious problems in its health care system.And yet, and yet ... I'm just going to copy what I wrote at Jay's … [Read more...]
Taxes: Pennies vs. dollars
With the possible exception of food, in each of these, there is a huge role for the state. And the state may be in a position to invest in such a way that you end up with more money in your pocket than if it did nothing. In other words, … [Read more...]
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