The public, including its "opinion makers", is beginning to understand that the MA Health law rearranges deck chairs on the Titanic while throwing many uninsured and underinsured overboard to the sharks. A public backlash is sure to come. … [Read more...]
Niki Tsongas, Jamie Eldridge, Michael Moore, and You
Bean in the 'Burbs writes that he saw SiCKO this past weekend and really liked it. He asked a good question about why Michael Moore didn't issue a Call To Action in the film such as for passage of HR 676 (the federal Medicare for All bill), … [Read more...]
www.SickoCure.org is up! SiCKO the movie is coming to a theater near you on Friday June 29
We will be there to greet the audience, hand out flyers as they leave, perhaps testify to the tragedies witnessed on the front lines of America?s healthcare meltdown. Most of all, they?ll be there to convince the moviegoers that we … [Read more...]
Mass. Promise of “Universal” Health Care Forgotten
Industry-sponsored projects (ie by BCBS & Partners HC) that exist primarily to influence/ control state health reform and to fund/ influence groups working on the issue are not the benevelent projects they are made out to be. … [Read more...]
Oh, the irony
Speaking up for the little guy/gal. Insisting on fairness for said members of our Commonwealth. Policies that relect those values. Creating a state that works better for all of us. (Well, maybe not "better" in the minds of those … [Read more...]
Why would a blog suddenly activate a “comment moderation” feature and block serious comments?
Discouraging to say the least; troublesome and then some if censorship of serious discussion of MA health reform is the reason.Over many months posting at the HCFA "Healthy Blog" I've never had a comment blocked or seen this: "Please note: … [Read more...]
An outsider’s view of the MA health reform plan
Oops...While Hawaii's "Prepaid Health Care Act" required employers to provide health insurance for employees working twenty hours per week or more, there is no such requirement to provide coverage for employees working less than twenty … [Read more...]
McNamara column on target: “Insurance law far from cure”
...The one solution not on the table is the one that is the most obvious: Increase the assessment on employers who do not provide health insurance for their workers. The law now requires only that employers of 50 or more people kick in $295 … [Read more...]
MA Health Reform Implementation on NewsNight program Mon. 1/29, 7pm, Channel 14 in Metro Boston
NewsNight with Jim Braude is an evening news program on New England Cable News and will devote the Monday Jan. 29 show at 7pm to an update on implementation of the MA health reform plan known as Chapter 58. There should be a video of … [Read more...]
Now here’s one very smart response to the Bush – MA – CA sham reform plans; wake-up, people!
Permitting physician ownership interests in testing laboratories, imaging facilities, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies would provide inducements to prescribe what they sell. Rather than assuming that everyone would resist temptation, … [Read more...]