As is the case with ObamaCare, mandatory health insurance coverage does not guarantee health insurance access to care.
Dr. Susan Berry
Breitbart.com
Big Government
19 Aug 2012
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has signed new legislation that some are calling the “second phase” of the health care law that was signed by Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006. A sweeping law intended to contain health care costs, it is the first of its kind in the nation in its outright assumption that government is the final authority over health care. According to the Wall St. Journal, if ObamaCare is not repealed, it is just a matter of time before Washington will also become the full-fledged arbiter of health care, rather than patients.
Dubbed a “health care cost bill,” the new legislation allows health spending in Massachusetts to grow no faster than the state’s economy through 2017. From 2017 to 2022, health spending would slow further, to half a percentage point below the growth of the economy as the state’s health system shifts to a model in which doctors and hospitals are paid for overall patient care rather than for individual tests and treatments.
Why this drastic piece of legislation?
In Massachusetts, 79% of the newly insured are now on public programs. Health care costs will amount to about 54% of the state budget in 2012, an increase from about 24% in 2001. Over the same period of time, the state’s spending on health care has gone up by 59%, as spending on education, emergency services, and infrastructure has fallen dramatically. …
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Update: Nobody will be old after 2024, right?
…Apparently “future SAVINGS” is a new codeword for “cuts”. Kind of like how Obama calls tax hikes “reduced spending in the tax code”. Here’s what they mean by this – One of the things Obama did so that he could say that Obamacare is “revenue neutral” was to take $716 billion from Medicare spending to use on Obamacare. He says this $716 billion will just be from “waste and abuse”. They haven’t specified this “waste and abuse”, that’s just the amount they needed, so that’s what they say there is. They pulled it out of their ass.
They say there are “no cuts to benefits”. They do, however, cut payments to doctors and hospitals. It’s good to know that doctors will now see patients for free and hospitals no longer have to charge for their equipment and treatments. Medicine doesn’t cost money anymore, either. Liberals think the world can work this way…
Update 2: Why the Doctor Can’t See You The demand for health care under ObamaCare will increase dramatically. The supply of physicians won’t. Get ready for a two-tier system of medical care.
