Comments on: Romney Care Struggling to Survive

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:57:00 +0000

Cut reimbursements and less choice…sounds like Medicare all over again. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it!”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:53:00 +0000

“”There’s no justification to be paying more than Medicaid rates,” said Patrick Holland, the authority’s chief financial officer.”

Obviously not a doctor. Watch more docs stop participating. What a ding-bat.

By: Throckmorton

Throckmorton — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:37:00 +0000

Back when Hillary first proposed major changes to health care, two states instituted her ideas. They were California and Tennessee. Both were absolute and utter failures, in Tennessee, Tenncare as it was called, bankrupted the state and the state is still trying to figure a way out of the mess. California did not fare much better.

Just as with Romney care, the physicians, hospitals and other providers of care could not afford to stay in business and left the programs in droves.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:28:00 +0000

I back these healthcare experiments in any state but my own.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Kevin,

Didn’t you back Romneycare? Wasn’t that your preferred solution?

By: The Happy Hospitalist

The Happy Hospitalist — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:25:00 +0000

as FREE=MORE, you either have to raise taxes or decrease reimbursement of services, and we all know what happens when doctors get less money for their service.

1) they either drop out
2) they increase volume to make up for the loss of income.

Good luck Mass. Medicare has already shown what happens when you try to control costs on the top end by reducing reimbursement.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:55:00 +0000

I’m so surprised – NOT!!