Andrew Varnon points to Nathan Newman's discussion at TPM Cafe of our MA health care deal. Regular readers will be familiar with most of the content of Newman's brief discussion. He concludes, "Health care advocates can be proud of a … [Read more...]
Kim explains why individual mandates are a terrible idea
John McDonough, at the invaluable Health Care for All blog, posted this email from a reader named Kim who wondered how an individual mandate was supposed to make her life easier:Where do I fit?I am 56 years old. I work for someone who has … [Read more...]
Our Guv: Double-pump no-look jujitsu weasel on health care
Are you at all surprised? Recently we learned that Our Guv is concerned about the $295-per-employee assessment in the House/Senate compromise. Said he might veto the bill.This is a broken record: We taxpayers are paying $213 million for the … [Read more...]
Two health care stories in the Globe
And neither really deal with the current DiMasi-Trav compromise, such as it is:*Eileen McNamara wonders how the working poor will fare under the eventual bill. These would be the folks most helped by an honest-to-God Medicaid expansion, … [Read more...]
Herald sheds tears for non-insuring businesses
Very ... somber ... indeed ...(cue Barber's Adagio)In a stare-down with House Speaker Sal DiMasi, the business community was the first to blink. Sadly their members could be paying the price for decades. You call a measly 295 bucks a year … [Read more...]
Health Care “Endgame”?
The Globe seems a little more optimistic this morning; John McDonough is very upbeat about the possibility of a deal; Steve Bailey says "Reports of the demise of healthcare reform on Beacon Hill are premature." Glad to hear it.It would seem … [Read more...]
Three bloggers, three views on health care mandates
One of the interesting and productive things about doing a multi-person blog is the disagreements. Bob, David and I have been public about our disagreements over, say, <a … [Read more...]
Hurray for Individual Mandates!
Individuals get sick, therefore they should pay for health care. Costs for this service are massive and unpredictable, therefore insurance is the best payment approach. We've made a social decision not to let people die in the streets, … [Read more...]
Health care: House not buying it
House says that the Senate's stripped-down plan for stripped-down plans ain't gonna get it done.Democrats, who hold an overwhelming majority in the House, met for an hour behind closed doors Thursday to discuss their response to the Senate … [Read more...]
Adding my voice to the growing chorus
I practically choked on my Cheerios this morning as I read the news, discussed in more detail by Charley and John McDonough, that the Senate has unanimously (!) passed a bill that not only does nothing to encourage employers who don't … [Read more...]
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