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Helium
December 15th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Ironically, Sen Baucus wants to allow near-retirees to join Medicare. Of what value is Medicare, if the doctors won’t see you.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I’m not surprised to see that the Mass Health Plan is more expensive than expected. There is absolutely nothing in the plan that encourages anyone to control costs.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:53 am
From the Paul Hseih article:
If Massachusetts requires pure community rating, then the plan was doomed from the start. Young adults have their own challenges, such as establishing careers and families; forcing them to carry yet another subsidy for older people is even more offensive than the existence of an individual mandate.