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By: Steynian 389 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 389 « Free Canuckistan! — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:52:19 +0000

[...] REALITY BITES– Massachusetts goes for rationing? …. [...]

By: Freedoms Under Fire

Freedoms Under Fire — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:22:51 +0000

[...] RomneyCare heads towards rationing. (Hat Tip: HotAir.) [...]

By: Boston Globe,

Boston Globe, — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:46:46 +0000

[...] The Boston Globe’s Liz Kowalczyk has inconveniently reminded statists (HT Hot Air) that the alleged wonders of the Bay State’s care regimen are instead leading it inexorably [...]

By: Snapped Shot

Snapped Shot — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:45:55 +0000

Taliban Unworthy of Attention While ObamaCare Is…

I am going to bring up two topics in this post.

First, as Pres Obamassiah meets with political people on how to best fight a military war (Vietnam anyone???), Taliban and al-Queda continue to grow in strength in Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively.

A …

By: Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:27:20 +0000

Artificial Stupidity: How the Democrats Decieved the CBO to Get Their “Reduces the Deficit” Claim…

The CBO has very strict rules about how they “score” a bill. Most importantly, they have to score a bill — or “conceptual language” in a non-bill, as we have here — according to what is written therein, even if……

By: This time it’ll be different! « Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0

This time it’ll be different! « Lake Minnetonka Liberty 2.0 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:01:47 +0000

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By: Boston Globe: Serious Rationing Nearly a Reality Under MA’s CommonwealthCare | linkthe.com

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:47:58 +0000

[...] country looms, the Boston Globe’s Liz Kowalczyk has inconveniently reminded statists (HT Hot Air) that the alleged wonders of the Bay State’s care regimen are instead leading it inexorably [...]

By: rightsideupinthegwn

rightsideupinthegwn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:21:30 +0000

“The end result of state intervention and price fixing is always higher costs, followed by rationing.”

Just like what is already happening in Canada.

By: private equity firms are morally “bankrupt” in their actions, so says the Socialists « VotingFemale Friends Speak!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:18:37 +0000

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By: TQM38a

TQM38a — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:21:28 +0000

The problem with the healthcare reform in MA is not the plan, but the people running the plan.

It doesn’t matter who is currently running the plan, or who will run it later. When you have government dictacting to the people that they must carry insurance the door is now open for cost to get out of control and then rationing to start. Government involvment is never the answer, rather it is the problem. The only thing the government should do is go over its laws and regulations to see where it all went wrong and remove those laws and regulations.

By: The Strata-Sphere » A Death Panel Speaks In Massachusetts: Lesser Care For The Lesser People

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:25:15 +0000

[...] H/T Ed Morrissey, who links to an even more disturbing feature of the Massachusetts Death Panel’s cost savings efforts – bribing your doctors to skimp on your care: What the supporters don’t mention is that it also creates a tremendous incentive for physicians and hospitals to render as little care as possible. Under the Massachusetts proposal, if your care costs less than the annual allotment, then they keep the unused portion. If your care costs more, then the difference comes out of the providers’ pockets. Such a system thus pits your doctor’s interests against your own. [...]

By: private equity firms are morally “bankrupt” in their actions « VotingFemale Friends Speak!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:07:31 +0000

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By: Health Care Companies at Risk as Private Equity Companies Continue their Unregulated Practice of Buyouts and Bankruptcies – Simmons Mattress Demise a “Product” of their “Expertise” Following the Money for October 13, 2009 &la

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:31:03 +0000

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By: Health Care Companies at Risk as Private Equity Companies Continue their Unregulated Practice of Buyouts and Bankruptcies – Simmons Mattress Demise a “Product” of their “Expertise” Following the Money for October 13, 2009 &la

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:28:02 +0000

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By: Terry_Dyne

Terry_Dyne — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:33:37 +0000

The problem with the healthcare reform in MA is not the plan, but the people running the plan.

The MA plan is being run by liberal democrats and a liberal democrat of a governor

Good thing that wouldn’t be the case with Obamacare.

Wait…

By: Astroturf Superstar

Astroturf Superstar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:20:18 +0000

A Laboratory in Disaster…

A scary harbinger of things to come, especially for those of us trapped in the Bay State:
The state’s ambitious plan to shake up how providers are paid could have a hidden price for patients: Controlling Massachusetts’ soaring medical costs, many h…

By: BizzyBlog

BizzyBlog — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:12:58 +0000

[...] in the Senate, the Boston Globe’s Liz Kowalczyk has inconveniently reminded statists (HT Hot Air) that the alleged wonders of the Bay State’s care regimen are instead leading it inexorably [...]

By: 2ipa

2ipa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:57:17 +0000

Controlling Massachusetts’ soaring medical costs, many health care leaders believe, may require residents to give up their nearly unlimited freedom to go to any hospital and specialist they want.

You mean they can go wherever they want and the true cost is transparent to the customer? Whoda thunk that they would all go to the best hospitals and specialists? Amazing, its almost like human nature or something.

And these big government libs just keep telling us that no, health care “reform” will work, people don’t respond to incentives.

By: SED

SED — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:25:14 +0000

The problem with the healthcare reform in MA is not the plan, but the people running the plan.

It’s like that old saying “Gun’s don’t kill people, people kill people.”

The MA plan is being run by liberal democrats and a liberal democrat of a governor that is on his way out in the 2010 elections.

The next governor who appears according to the polls to be Charles Baker, the former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, will implement the plan as it was originally intended by utilizing more choice and a host of other tools to lower the cost of healthcare.

Please note the link:

http://www.charliebaker2010.com/10questions.html

By: Obamacare Kervorkiancare: Get used to the phrase “Soylent Green is People!” « The Technology of Business & the Business of Technology

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:20:00 +0000

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By: JakeRightThought

JakeRightThought — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:59:27 +0000

Controlling Massachusetts’ soaring medical costs, many health care leaders believe, may require residents to give up their nearly unlimited freedom to go to any hospital and specialist they want.

Will this help to restrict people from traveling? Y’know, communist countries greatly restrict travel also.

By: Saltysam

Saltysam — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:55:38 +0000

Notice it was Ed that posted this and not AP.

technopeasant on October 12, 2009 at 5:54 PM

Mmm-hmmm.

By: Saltysam

Saltysam — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:48:05 +0000

IMHO, that case lies somewhere between the Darwin awards and willing victims of questionable medical practice.

Dark-Star on October 12, 2009 at 10:03 PM

Darwin awards…

….Heh!

Now that is the perfect tag for an Obama voter.

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +0000

And thanks to lousy compensation rates, fewer new providers will be around to meet the new demand in second-tier care, meaning much longer wait times for the poor and middle-class patients.

You are describing first-tier care in Britain’s NHS.

By: Dark-Star

Dark-Star — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:31:27 +0000

I normally oppose violence, but for thieves like you, I can make an exception.

xblade on October 12, 2009 at 10:22 PM

Talk is cheap.Especially on the Internet.

Even IF by some odd chance we managed to recognize each other on the street corner (maybe with a burst of divine inspiration?), I rather doubt much would happen besides some tough-guy braying on your part. Unless I first tried to do something – like perhaps snatch your lollipop – I would be the winner in the end after suing you into the poorhouse for assault and battery. After that, you’d would get a little stay in the local graybar hotel, learning to play “Don’t Drop the Soap”.

In short: it ain’t worth your effort, you wouldn’t know me, and I count the squawkings of an Internet loudmouth for nothing.