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The rest of the country has been watching to see how Massachusetts is doing with their socialized healthcare system. There have been tons of glitches including not having enough primary care doctors to treat all the "newly insured" as well as not nearly having enough money to pay for the behemoth. I also have been wondering what the state is going to do the keep the Commonwealth Care going. Now I know. The Boston Globe reports that Massachusetts is trying to get more and more from the federal government through Medicaid! It isn't unheard of for states to get waivers on how they spend some of that money but Mass is trying to funnel more and more into their new system, much of which will cover people who normally wouldn't get Medicaid in the first place. In fact, they already have been caught playing games by incorrectly listing kids under their MassHealth plan that were supposed to be on the SCHIP plan. That little mistake was done on purpose to squeeze more money out of the feds. Maybe they got greedy and saw this scam as a blueprint to do it again on a larger level. As more and more people joined Commonwealth Care, the state went back to the well to find more cash to pay for it. They are now asking for $1 billion more over the next three years. I guess they figure the rest of the country should cover Massachusett's experiment with their taxes?
It's Here
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The pager is off and there is no medical journal is to be found. After
almost 2,000 patient visits and one new building later it's time for this
country do...
6 hours ago
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Cheers to all of my nitwit colleagues - you are getting what you wanted! If you think that a RIGHT to health care legitimately exists, then this stupidity is the natural, but not the end result. Doctors bought this godawful idea with Medicare/Medicaid in the 1960's and led by the self-defeating AMA, doctors will now lead the charge for the nanny state covering your health care. It is depressing to be part of a profession so intent upon undoing the freedom for those it purports to serve.
Cheers to all of my nitwit colleagues - you are getting what you wanted! If you think that a RIGHT to health care legitimately exists, then this stupidity is the natural, but not the end result. Doctors bought this godawful idea with Medicare/Medicaid in the 1960's and led by the self-defeating AMA, doctors will now lead the charge for the nanny state covering your health care. It is depressing to be part of a profession so intent upon undoing the freedom for those it purports to serve.
Here is a way to let universal health care and universal use of electronic medical records, physician order entry, electronic prescribing, universal drug formulary, and government negotiated drug prices in through the back door. 1: Initiate mandatory public service for all adults in America. Those who do not choose the armed forces may serve in other ways. 2: Once all adults are veterans they can come to the VA. 3: The VA will become the American universal health care provider, etc.
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