Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us...ewanted=1&_r=1

So Massachusetts did this back when. I had personal experience recently just trying to get a doctor within the Boston area. I guess the biggest problem being touted by the article here is the availability of primary care physicians. Everyone's becoming a specialist. It'll be interesting to see what happens when the entire nation is forced to get insurance.

Also a year later: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/he...cy/16mass.html

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by gren

Now if only people would take Len Nichols' suggestion of social insurance where Americans get vouchers for care a little more seriously this debate would be on the right track...

Massachusetts mandated health insurance coverage and as I recall there were still a ton of people uninsured at the end of 2008. Further, the budget's so upside down that they're looking to scale back the subsidies now because the state can't afford it.

I already posted articles about how health care availability has gone down.
The state hasn't been able to successfully pay for people's health insurance. I shudder to think what would happen if we tried to give people an allowance for health care directly.

I'm not saying it isn't a problem, because it is. But there aren't any simple solutions, and I'll really resent it if I wind up in a worse position because people want one.

There's nowhere I can't reach.