Comments on: Connector Board Meeting Thursday. Where’s the Valentine? http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/02/13/connector-board-meeting-thursday-wheres-the-valentine/ The Ultimate Massachusetts Health Care Insider Information Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ann Malone, RN http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/02/13/connector-board-meeting-thursday-wheres-the-valentine/#comment-1518 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:58:10 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=1439#comment-1518 HCFA had a heavy hand in leading us into this mess. They followed the lead of the law’s corporate-backed architects and Romny/Bush&Co. who, in turn, had plenty of help from MA legislators who put corporate interests above the needs and interests of constituents.

What a disgrace on us all in Massachusetts.

Please consider contacting Governor Patrick’s office to request that he take immediate action to halt the unfair tax fines on uninsured state residents. Leave a message for the Governor that we need his leadership to craft real reform that will improve health care costs, access, and quality of care for everyone in the Commonwealth.

Telephone Governor Patrick’s office 617-725-4005

Email your message by clicking this link http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3utilities&sid=Agov3&U=Agov_contact_us

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Oh, by the way you might be interested in this (it contains data that many of us already knew. Like I said above,…disgraceful…)

NEWS RELEASE, 2-12-08, by Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights-a nonprofit and nonpartisan public interest watchdog

Consumer Group Finds Use of Outdated Data and Other Major Flaws In Economist’s Defense of Mandatory Purchase of Private Health Insurance

>read full News Release and download at this link http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/pr

]]> By: A Healthy Blog » Connector Proposes CommCare Premiums and Copay Increases http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/02/13/connector-board-meeting-thursday-wheres-the-valentine/#comment-1517 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:05:56 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=1439#comment-1517 [...] made our position on increases in Commonwealth Care copays and premiums clear (see this post and this one from yesterday). Raising copays and premiums places the burden of financing the increasing costs of [...]

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