Massachusetts’ Health Care Shell Game
There were 12% fewer free care hospital visits last year, and the solons are ecstatic:
“This is another indicator that healthcare reform is succeeding,” said Sarah Iselin, commissioner of the state Division of Health Care Finance and Policy…
Did the state save any money? I bet that question would bring a frown to Ms. Iselin’s face. In reality, our mandatory health insurance law is just a shell game. Free care visits have been replaced by massive overruns in the Health Connector budget. That’s hardly reason to celebrate.
Archived in: Health Care, insurance, MassachusettsFebruary 14, 2008 at 9:07 pm | Trackback
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This is an interesting op ed which will incite discussion about health insurance.