Comments on: ERs in Massachusetts http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/ Insights on Health Care Reform | NCPA Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:27:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rethinking the Massachusetts Health Care Model | Linda Gorman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-52332 Rethinking the Massachusetts Health Care Model | Linda Gorman | NCPA Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:31:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-52332 [...] blog cover the wait for care under Massachusetts health care reform, the effect it is having on emergency room visits (they are up), and what is known of its ultimate effects on [...] [...] blog cover the wait for care under Massachusetts health care reform, the effect it is having on emergency room visits (they are up), and what is known of its ultimate effects on [...]

]]> By: Who really understands ObamaCare? | Seattle/LocalHealthGuide http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-52271 Who really understands ObamaCare? | Seattle/LocalHealthGuide Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:52:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-52271 [...] Boston is more than twice as long as in any other U.S. city. Further, the number of people going to emergency rooms for nonemergency care in Massachusetts is as great today as it was before health reform was [...] [...] Boston is more than twice as long as in any other U.S. city. Further, the number of people going to emergency rooms for nonemergency care in Massachusetts is as great today as it was before health reform was [...]

]]> By: The Senate Health Bill | John Goodman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-50303 The Senate Health Bill | John Goodman | NCPA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:32:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-50303 [...] But waiting times to see a new doctor in Boston are twice as long as in any other U.S. city and the number of people seeking nonemergency care at hospital emergency rooms is as high today as [...] [...] But waiting times to see a new doctor in Boston are twice as long as in any other U.S. city and the number of people seeking nonemergency care at hospital emergency rooms is as high today as [...]

]]> By: The Baucus Bill Explained | John Goodman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-47687 The Baucus Bill Explained | John Goodman | NCPA Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:05:43 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-47687 [...] But waiting times to see a new doctor in Boston are twice as long as in any other U.S. city and the number of people seeking nonemergency care at hospital emergency rooms is as high today as [...] [...] But waiting times to see a new doctor in Boston are twice as long as in any other U.S. city and the number of people seeking nonemergency care at hospital emergency rooms is as high today as [...]

]]> By: The Puzzling War on the Elderly | John Goodman | NCPA http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-45485 The Puzzling War on the Elderly | John Goodman | NCPA Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:17:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-45485 [...] in Boston are twice as long as they are in any other US city; and the number of people going to emergency rooms for nonemergency care is as high today as it was three years [...] [...] in Boston are twice as long as they are in any other US city; and the number of people going to emergency rooms for nonemergency care is as high today as it was three years [...]

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-42457 Devon Herrick Fri, 08 May 2009 21:27:42 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-42457 I'm beginning to hear a few liberal policy wonks admit that access to insurance isn't the same as access to care. Yet they never seem to offer up a viable solution. Massachusetts is the only state to claim near universal health coverage, due to its individual mandate. However, according to a recent survey of waiting times to see a physician, Boston came in last among the 15 metropolitan markets surveyed. The average wait to see an OB/GYN was 70 days; a family physician 63 days, a dermatologist 54 days; an orthopedic surgeon 40 days and a cardiologist 21 days. I’m beginning to hear a few liberal policy wonks admit that access to insurance isn’t the same as access to care. Yet they never seem to offer up a viable solution.

Massachusetts is the only state to claim near universal health coverage, due to its individual mandate. However, according to a recent survey of waiting times to see a physician, Boston came in last among the 15 metropolitan markets surveyed.

The average wait to see an OB/GYN was 70 days; a family physician 63 days, a dermatologist 54 days; an orthopedic surgeon 40 days and a cardiologist 21 days.

]]> By: Ken http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-42452 Ken Fri, 08 May 2009 20:32:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-42452 I keep hearing that the Massachusetts plan is going to be the Obama plan. I keep hearing that the Massachusetts plan is going to be the Obama plan.

]]> By: Pam V. http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/ers-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-42448 Pam V. Fri, 08 May 2009 20:06:05 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3314#comment-42448 This is not surprising. Providing people with health insurance, especially an expansive public plan where little cost is borne by the insured, you are increasing demand for health care without doing a flip about the supply side. This is not surprising. Providing people with health insurance, especially an expansive public plan where little cost is borne by the insured, you are increasing demand for health care without doing a flip about the supply side.

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