Massachusetts Health Insurance Law Truth - Articles, Facts and Quotes to understand the mandate and why we need to abolish it

Articles and Facts
related to the Massachusetts Health Insurance Law

Article: The price of reform - Our new health care system has not been a Massachusetts miracle - by Timothy P Cahill (from CommonWealth Magazine 1/26/10) - "Rather than providing a solution, the Massachusetts health care laws have only created more problems, both on the state’s balance sheet and in struggling households across the state. Our residents deserve accessible, affordable health care that will not jeopardize the Commonwealth’s fiscal health, goals we cannot attain under the current system."

Article: Lessons from Massachusetts Health Care Reform by Iyah Romm and Sylvia Thompson, M.D. "In our work, we witness the medical consequences of this short-sighted and unjust policy."

Article: Re-examining Massachusetts Health Care - Post-election comments from the MSM [Main Stream Media] miss the boat - By Trudy Lieberman - 1/22/10

Article: Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part IX - What does the public say? - By Trudy Lieberman - 11/4/09

Article: Health costs to rise again - Insurers to boost rates about 10%;
Shift of expenses to workers likely - Boston Globe - 9/16/09 - But please see this screenshot of the article as seen on 12/12/09.

Article: Professors file health care lawsuit- Boston Globe - 11/ 24/09 -
As an employer, the state breaks its own law.

Article: Blue Cross physicians warned of data breach - Stolen laptop had doctors’ tax IDs - By Kay Lazar - Boston Globe - 10/3/09 -

Article: Compliance uneven on health care law - Audits raise concern; business leaders call state’s rules confusing" -Boston Globe - 10/1/09 -
shows the reality of this convoluted, scattershot regulation on employers.

Article: Mandatory insurance: Yes, it’s a tax - By Jeff Jacoby -
Boston Globe - 9/23/2009 - Excellent examination devolves into pitch for insurance companies and free-market heathcare.

Massachusetts-style health insurance
is NOT what
the doctor
ordered!

Health Care is a right for all

Article: The President versus Stephanopoulos - When is a tax not a tax? By Trudy Leiberman - 9/21/2009 - From the Columbia Journalism Review - Examines tax enforcement of insurance mandates.

Article: Health care solutions are disappearing
By Clarence Fanto - The Berkshire Eagle - 9/6/09

Article: Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part V -
Finding affordable health insurance - By Trudy Lieberman
From the Columbia Journalism Review - Also see all of this series as well as many well-researched articles by Ms Lieberman here.

Article: Mandates: Not a harmless solution by Bill Walczak - 2/12/08

Article: Mass. medical leaders wary of healthcare overhaul’s cost - Boston Globe - 7/28/09

Article: Insurance law far from cure - Boston Globe - 1/31/07

Article: State cuts its health coverage by $115m - Board to slow enrollment in Commonwealth Care - Boston Globe - 6/24/09

Article: Costs are keeping patients from care-Copayments rise as families struggle - By Kay Lazar - From the Boston Globe - 6/21/09

Article: The CEPR Health Care Budget Deficit Calculator
This fascinating calculator shows the disastrous effects of continuing with our current health care system.

Article: Anxiety Over Health Insurance Shapes Life Choices
By Victoria E. Knight - June 10, 2008 - Wall Street Journal

Article: In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health
By Kevin Sack and Marjorie Connelly - New York Times - 6/20/09

Must read: Diagnosis: Reform - A blockbuster compendium from the Center for Responsive Politics details the sickeningly corrupt politics of health care NON-REFORM.

Article: Sen. Hillary Clinton's departure from the 2008 presidential race may bring an end to the "mandate" fad on the national level - article from the Wall Street Journal (6/6/08) - A blast from the past??

Fact: According to Connector documents, between April and July 2008 the subsidized plans had 60,681 enrollments and 62,672 disenrollments, for a net loss of 1,991 members. There were 45,803 terminations in the four months prior to June 2009.