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Very good news on the health care front

August 28, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 12 Comments

It turns out that we've got a lot fewer uninsured folks in MA than 2004. There are big questions about who's got the best numbers, but according to the State, the ranks of the uninsured are down a whopping 19% since 2004. Wow. The press … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, ohio, romney, uninsured

Health care and education debate tonight on WBUR

June 29, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: debate, gabrieli, governor, health-care, massachusetts, patrick, reilly, uninsured, wbur

Useful summary of health care bill

April 14, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 3 Comments

Couldn't we have used a graphic like this before the law passed? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, uninsured

Focus!

April 12, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 11 Comments

With the signing of the health care bill, we see a few things coming into focus: There is really nothing Romney won't do to please the Norquistites and the religious right. If he were the guy he claimed to be in 2002 -- a can do, make it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gabrieli, governor, health-care, massachusetts, patrick, prescription-drugs, reilly, romney, uninsured

Kuttner on health care

April 10, 2006 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

This was in Saturday's Globe, now also on The American Prospect's page:Is the new Massachusetts new health plan really a model for reform nationally? Advocates of universal health coverage feel they finally have their nose under the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dimasi, health-care, massachusetts, romney, travaglini, uninsured

Ambivalently optimistic? Optimistically Ambivalent?

April 7, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 11 Comments

That's how I feel about the health care bill. I'm happy that more people will be covered under MassHealth (est. 92,500 by FY2009) or the new Commonwealth Care program (est. 207,500 by FY09); ambivalent, because the personal mandate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dimasi, health-care, massachusetts, mcdonough, romney, travaglini, uninsured

Bruce is pissed about health care

April 6, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 5 Comments

"Differently Winged" friend Bruce at mAss Backwardsis upset about the moral hazard aspects of expanding health care, especially to the poor. I've been mixing it up on the comments to his post: take a look. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, uninsured

ACT! coalition says “Sign it!”

April 4, 2006 By Charley on the MTA Leave a Comment

OK, I haven't had a chance to read more than the Conference Committee PowerPoint pdf for the health care bill, which is a cheery summary. But the pro-health care reform ACT! coalition has urged the legislature to sign the bill. Here's their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, massachusetts, uninsured

Trickle-down health care

April 2, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 4 Comments

Health care reform will likely end up in a cash bonanza for area hospitals; <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/04/02/healthcare_reform____with_a_dose_of_profit">Joan Vennochi and <a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: health-care, jack-connors, massachusetts, mcdonough, uninsured, vennochi

What if the “sensible center” isn’t sensible?

March 10, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

Regarding the possible health care compromise, Scot Lehigh asks, "Can the sensible center hold onto a delicate deal?" He's referring, of course, to the $295 per-employee per-year assessment compromise recently struck between DiMasi and … [Read more...]

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legislataapp Legislata @legislataapp ·
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Tweet summary for MA State House for 2022-07-04: 186 tweets from 61 legislators. Top words: july, happy, 4th, parade, day, independence, fourth, women, freedom, safe. #mapoli

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teapartyusa1 Chris Lynch @teapartyusa1 ·
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A white nationalist neo-fascists group marched through #Boston July 4th weekend. Which one, no not Proud Boys or Oath Keepers indicted for seditious conspiracy, a spinoff of a group at Charlottesville unite the right rally https://theintercept.com/2022/06/17/jan-6-hearings-right-wing-white-nationalists/ #MaPoli #BosPoli

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Max Berger @maxberger

A mass shooting on the 4th of July in Philadelphia with fireworks in the background a few hours after a mass shooting in a Jewish suburb by a Trump supporter really adds to the rising fascism vibes.

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wockerjabb AliceCarrol @wockerjabb ·
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massdems @UsCongressnews1 @USCongress @bostonpolice, our elected did nothing to stop this from happening. It's a National Gang Hangout Now.#mapoli #disinvestement

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@AndreaForAG,@RepPressley
Campbells former district and Pressley current one #gang, #bospoli
Four shot outside Ashmont T station https://www.universalhub.com/crime/20220704/three-shot-outside-ashmont-t-station

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ericagurl147 ERICA @ericagurl147 ·
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WOW @MayorWu look at the GREAT 👀 example you’re setting to your peers… now they dont have to answer or acknowledge constituents.. you people must not want to be re-elected! #bospoli #mapoli #scum #SCREWWU #WuTrainWreck

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The councilor blocks me because I question the tweets she posts or deletes. Never once did I use profanity or derogatory terms. Some of the posts she’s made legitimize radical actions or groups. I wonder if she realizes the pendulum swings “left” and “right?” #bospoli @Tania4D7

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carolineforma5 Caroline Colarusso @carolineforma5 ·
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I’m Republican Caroline Colarusso running for Congress in Massachusetts 5th District. Our nation was shaped by the hard work and innovation of free individuals. Americans built this nation, not government. I’m asking for your vote this November. #america #usa #republican #mapoli

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mainenewshound mainenewshound @mainenewshound ·
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🚨Breaking--Violent 4th July Holiday in Boston
'"'July 4th Boston Mass. met with burst of violence in Boston: 10 people shot at 7 locations in the city'"
--Boston Herald, 8PM
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