The Eagle-Tribune: Forum: Massachusetts proves the folly of universal health insurance
AC Johnston
· 1 year ago
Okay, good article. I didn't catch the root of the glitch. Why didn't it work?
RT
· 1 year ago
Its costs much too much to provide 100% care, unlimited benefits, to hundreds of thousands of people who dont pay anything for it. And AC we are counting on your vote!
M. LaRivee
· 1 year ago
But that's not how Comm Choice/Comm Care works -- it's nothing like National Health -- insurance is funded through the state but also through participating private insurance companies. There's a sliding scale of how much you get vs. how much you pay calculated on your last year's income. Applying for it is a bugger, and if you make over $20,000 you pay through the nose for even the most basic procedures.
Canada life insurance
· 1 year ago
Universal health care is not bulletproof solution, people have to understand that. I am selling optional health insurance and Life insurance in Canada for some years and I can see what problems does Canada have. I don't say we have generally bad system, but problems like long waits are becoming significant... Lorne
Kristal
· 1 year ago
Interesting article Kristal L. Rosebrook
Beth F
· 1 year ago
Ah, the Walmart flack is back. Who is paying you for this article Sally? Kaiser Premenente is it? Perhaps Cigna? Maybe it was Aetna. We all know that the present system is working flawlessly. Perhaps the MA system is not perfect but it is a work in progress. Why so quick to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Perhaps because you have been paid to chip away public confidence in the program?
Oooh, looks like we have a winner: "Kaiser Family Foundation has released a “key facts” update on “Massachusetts Health Reform: Two Years Later.” And all the foes of a universal program use it as an argument against universal coverage.
And what is Sally's solution - Free Market Health Savings Accounts. "Just as car and homeowners insurance doesn’t pay for maintenance and minor repairs, health insurance kicks in only when true catastrophe strikes. Once a deductible is met, however, a generous insurance package, takes over the burden. this passes the health care burden over to the individual". Facts: In her testimony before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Commonwealth Fund Assistant Vice President Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., said that all evidence to date shows that health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans worsen, rather than improve, the health system's problems. Committee on Finance, September 26, 2006
Early experience with HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans reveals low satisfaction, high out-of-pocket costs, and cost-related access problems, Collins said. A survey conducted with the Employee Benefits Research Institute found that people enrolled in HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans were much less satisfied with many aspects of their health care than adults in more comprehensive plans:
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Lorne
Kristal L. Rosebrook
Oooh, looks like we have a winner:
"Kaiser Family Foundation has released a “key facts” update on “Massachusetts Health Reform: Two Years Later.” And all the foes of a universal program use it as an argument against universal coverage.
And what is Sally's solution - Free Market Health Savings Accounts.
"Just as car and homeowners insurance doesn’t pay for maintenance and minor repairs, health insurance kicks in only when true catastrophe strikes. Once a deductible is met, however, a generous insurance package, takes over the burden.
this passes the health care burden over to the individual".
Facts:
In her testimony before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Health, Commonwealth Fund Assistant Vice President Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., said that all evidence to date shows that health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans worsen, rather than improve, the health system's problems. Committee on Finance, September 26, 2006
Early experience with HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans reveals low satisfaction, high out-of-pocket costs, and cost-related access problems, Collins said. A survey conducted with the Employee Benefits Research Institute found that people enrolled in HSA-eligible high-deductible health plans were much less satisfied with many aspects of their health care than adults in more comprehensive plans: