http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/ The Ultimate Massachusetts Health Care Insider Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2415 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:22:40 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2415 I hope these 30,000 legal immigrants do not lose their health care coverage. It would be an outrage. Legal immigrants are contributing members of our society so they too deserve the right for health care. Visit teens.tapestryhealth.org for more information about access to health care as well as reproductive health services provided by Tapestry Health.

]]> http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2414 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:17:54 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2414 Today’s Boston GLobe has an article about how the state will try to reduce the bronze plans for small businesses. Who do they think they are kidding??? There are 3 levels – gold, silver, and bronze. The bronze plans have the highest deductibles. This means if there is a serious illness one is going to have to pay out high deductibles AND THEN a percentage of the hosp bill. For the over 55 group family plan a bronze plan is 1100 per month.
One helpful thing would be to allow full deductions of medical premiums paid. AND the same pricing for everyone – eliminate the “group” plans entirely.
If the self employed and self insured group continues to get the 10 percent yearly increases MORE will drop the coverage and go on the free care pool. And everyone else will be paying for it.
Too many pols have absolutely no idea what health care costs in this state and country.
I have yet to see in any newspaper what the municipal employee cost is. IF we are all in this together everyone should be allowed to pay the same price. Yet its a big secret and the small businesses are cut out of that.
Here are the costs per state on page 8 & 9. These numbers are LOWER than they actually are. That data is 2 years old and things have gone up since then! http://www.ahipresearch.org/pdfs/Individual_Market_Survey_December_2007.pdf
The bottom line is funding it. Passage of HB 1207 would probably be very helpful. And next up is taxing everyone who gets it through work as a hidden benefit.

]]> http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2413 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:28:22 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2413 tonto has it right, the members of the house and senate should have to give up their family’s health insurance for the month, we could use those funds for the 30,000!
It is just plain wrong to do this. I know many who have been paying monthly premiums into CWC for months and have not used the benefits. They did it because WE told them they had to. Now if Murphy’s Law prevails, the poor sods’ will all get sick in August. Shame on us.

]]> http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2412 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:00:31 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2412 as someone who currently pays 1600 per month with deductibles – I feel sorry.
I would like to see ALL politicians lose their health plans so they see what its like and what it costs. Sure half of them are wealthy and it wouldn’t affect them but those who are not would get a national plan together real fast.
I have yet to hear of ANY pol in Washington say that they want to be on a national plan instead of their health plan.
Health care is going to implode. The sooner the better.
There is a way to fund a lot of health care. Passage of HB 1207 would find over one trillion dollars. HOWEVER the majority of our Massachusetts reps in Washington will not co-sign onto it. So the other alternative is to tax those who get it from their jobs.

]]> http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2411 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:59:47 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2411 [...] more information about this issue check our previous blog post “The Budget and the Pen” or contact Suzanne Curry at scurry@hcfama.org or [...]

]]> http://blog.hcfama.org/2009/06/29/the-budget-and-the-pen/#comment-2410 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:22:24 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=3196#comment-2410 [...] Visit link: A Healthy Blog » The Budget and the Pen [...]

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