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Health Care Reform Lauded

Approximately 70 percent of in-state physicians support the current Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law that authorized near universal health care coverage for the state in 2006, according to a study released by the Harvard School of Public Health

As part of the study, the researchers asked approximately 2000 practicing physicians in Massachusetts about 22 different aspects of their practice and whether these had been affected by the law’s passage.

Physicians were asked to rate the bill’s effect on everything from their ability to get needed referrals to their patients’ waiting time.

In 21 of the areas, the majority of physicians reported that the law had either a positive or negligible effect on their practice.

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In the Ohio’s Columbus Dispatch headline stated that health insurance has increased 131% over the last ten years. Shocking, just shocking I tell you. But what they fail to point out that the cost of other goods and services has also gone up as well. I have my own inflation gage (cost increase gage). Starting in 1999 I started buying two plain cake donuts and a small cup of coffee ever quarter at the same shop. 1999 cost $.90 today’s cost $2.90. You do the math. The largest increase has been in the last three years, $2.55, $2.70 and $2.90. The Progressive Socialist wants the heath care to become a national controlled utility company or companies. The large health insurance companies want to be like large electric and natural gas companies. Why? Take a look at large electric companies business models. It’s a sweet deal. They have a captive market and have been charging more to produce less. Every time they want a rate increase they tell the their state PUCO board they need the rate increase because they are not selling enough electricity and at the same time promoting less use (backed by the government). Selling this nonsense to consumers is easy. "Conserve energy and save money." How about we tell both insurance and utility companies to sell more product and lower their unit cost. But, I'm just an old construction worker, so what do I know.