maybemaybenot
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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009 "Perhaps the report’s most troubling finding is that the state relies on the honor system when determining who is eligible for free care — and does not review an applicant’s assets, or even require a Social Security number to verify income, citizenship or address, Sullivan said." It doesn't take genius to start finding the problems here. Are there lawyers in the US who know how to write laws to eliminate that shit? Why arent they being used, this is poor, too damn poor to be amusing Seems to me thats where most of the issues are, not the poor people or the illegals but the dumbarse heavily paid lawyers, yet the poor suffer AGAIN Despite my opposition to Public Healthcare, I do have the ability to look at things from both sides. You have absolutely no idea how bad healthcare in Massachusetts is and how Romneycare is killing us. If this " plan " we have is so flipping wonderful... why do we have the highest premiums in the US and the fastest rising healthcare costs ? People who aren't familiar with Romneycare think it's like univeral healthcare. It is not. Romneycare simply means you are mandated to have healthcare insurance, no matter what. You must purchase it. If that be thru work, so be it. If you fall into a category that makes you eligible for one of the state plans, you also pay for that, and they are not cheap for someone on a Disability check or a limited income. You must also pay your co pays to MDs and for your prescriptions, and the prescription plan is a tiered system, so you may be paying big bucks for your " free healthcare ". Something as simple as Lantus Insulin is a top tier medication. Romenycare was instituted to insure everyone has coverage, it did not address cost. Cost is not a part of Romneycare. Insurers can still charge as much as they want and increase as they want, and that's exactly what they are doing. Why not ? They have a nice little pool of fish who are forced to pay whatever they say or be fined by the State. As a result the costs just keep going up. The insurance companies are getting richer and richer and we are paying out the nose for crappy insurance. Over the last few weeks there has been quite a few scandels about BCBS of Mass. It is coming to light exactly how Romnneycare has done nothing but serve the insurance companies, not the people. Business are leaving this state in droves in part due to Romneycare, they cannot afford to keep their employess insured. mbmbn
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