Another NY Times editorial gushing over Massachusetts’ health plan. They conveniently leave out the fatal fact that there aren’t enough primary care physicians to take care of all the newly insured patients, which will doom any attempt at universal coverage.
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It won’t doom universal coveage, just universal care, but that is easy enough to sweep under the rug, as it is only the poor and powerless who won’t be translating their coverage into care.
Totally dishonest NY Times propaganda. What else is new?
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