Massachusette to offer Universal Health Insurance - New England Patriots Forums

mikey · 04-04-2006, 07:59 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/us...rtner=homepage

Maybe I should go work for Fidelity Investment.

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***BelichickFan*** · 04-04-2006, 10:44 PM

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Individuals who can afford private insurance will be penalized on their state income taxes if they do not buy it.

Wonderful, you get fined now if you don't spend money that the government wants you to. What's next ? Getting fined for not wearing a seatbelt ?

***DarrylS*** · 04-05-2006, 04:03 AM

I would like to know the cost of this for an individual and family as well as its proposed impact on the small businesses of Massachusetts. Seems like a good idea, kinda like the senior drug prescription benefit, however the devil is in the details...

***BelichickFan*** · 04-05-2006, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GJAJ15

kinda like the senior drug prescription benefit

No, that's not a good idea. Too many drugs, too many unecessary drugs, too many old people.

shirtsleeve · 04-06-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BelichickFan

No, that's not a good idea. Too many drugs, too many unecessary drugs, too many old people. Too many unecessary old people.

Yeah, lets get rid of em! Useless eaters!

***Harry Boy*** · 04-06-2006, 04:45 PM

You better stick with your own doctor.

***Patters*** · 04-06-2006, 06:42 PM

This is another great achievement by the liberal state of Massachusetts. I have not yet read an analysis of its expected impact, but my guess is that it will be good for economy, and more importantly good for the working poor. We might lose some of our uncaring small employers, but that will only create opportunities for others.

PatsFanInEaglesLand · 04-06-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Patters

This is another great achievement by the liberal state of Massachusetts. I have not yet read an analysis of its expected impact, but my guess is that it will be good for economy, and more importantly good for the working poor. We might lose some of our uncaring small employers, but that will only create opportunities for others.

Yeah

right up there with Whitey Bulger, the big dig, and gay marriage.

shirtsleeve · 04-06-2006, 07:57 PM

All joking aside, any good links to the details of this plan? I've heard lefties and righties both screaming in agony over this one, so perhaps there really is something to it after all.

***gomezcat*** · 04-07-2006, 02:21 AM

What's so bad about universal health coverage? We have it and have the 4th biggest economy in the world. It isn't perfect and there are big problems with bureaucracy, but I'll take that over people dying because they can't afford healthcare. I personally find it sad that there are some who find that acceptable. I guess you call it "lack of personal responsibility" or liberals' fault.
For those of you who didn't read the article (as there are often posters who reply to threads without reading the links), it was approved by Mitt Romney. Indeed, he took credit for most of its ideas.