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Obama Care Links Why is it important to know the facts about the Massachusetts Mandatory Health Care Model? FACTS ABOUT THE “MASSACHUSETTS MODEL”(http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10268) 2. Thanks to all of the regulation, Insurance premiums in Massachusetts rose by 7.4% in 2007, 8 to 12% in 2008 and are expected to rise by 9% in 2009. In 2007, private health insurance premiums for the rest of the US grew by only 6.0 percent. (http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10268). 3. Massachusetts created a state Connector Authority to offer better, less expensive health insurance than the plans offered by private insurance companies. These plans were originally promised to cost $200 per month; this figure was then increased to an estimate of $280 per month. The current monthly cost for the least expensive plan is now $380, $100 more than recently estimated and $180 more than originally promised. And remember, it is now MANDATORY to buy health insurance in Massachusetts. (http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2007/01/20/sticker_shock_for_state_care_plan/) 4. Due to unanticipated costs, the Massachusetts program is searching for ways to cut back; a couple of the possibilities are: limiting premium increases and reducing physician pay. Reducing physician pay will create even longer waits for care in the government designed policies, but people cannot go outside the state for care because the Connector Authority policies only cover care given in Massachusetts. (http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/02/11/gvsb0211.htm) 5. Now that the government controls Massachusetts health care by determining which health insurance plans people are forced to buy, money has to be found to pay the bureaucrats who are making these decisions. This means less money is available for health providers. Under the new program, hospitals are being reimbursed less for services provided to the uninsured causing some healthcare providers to eliminate jobs and institute hiring freezes. (http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2008/03/17/health_provider_predicts_big_loss?mode=PF) 6. The Massachusetts plan is government run health care at its best: pay more, get less, and wait in line. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE... The Cato Institute [http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10268] The Objective Standard [http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2008-fall/mandatory-health-insurance.asp] Free Market Cure [http://freemarketcure.com/] Patient Power Now [http://www.patientpowernow.org/] Patients United Now [http://patientsunitednow.com/] John Goodman’s Health Policy Blog [http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/] Consumers for Health Care Choices [http://www.chcchoices.org/] Institute for Health Care Freedom [http://www.forhealthfreedom.org/] Association of American Physicians and Surgeons [http://www.aapsonline.org/] National Center for Policy Analysis Consumer Driven Health Care page [http://healthcare.ncpa.org/] Center for Medical Progress [http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/medical_progress.htm] CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE EMAIL NEWSLETTER! |
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