>I have not exactly pored over the details, but it looks to me like
>the Massachussetts plan is a give away to medical insurance
>companies.
>
>-- It forces small companies to buy coverage for their employees --
>that might be the only plus.
>-- It offers the rich a pre-tax deduction for health care expenses
>-- It criminalizes those poor people who cannot choose insurance
>premiums over food
>
>In short, if I'm reading it right, it's a near complete obscenity.
Hear Steffie Woolhandler describe it as a "hoax": <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#060406>.