On Feb 14, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
>> For most people without health insurance, there's no such thing as
>> an affordable kind. In Massachusetts, a 60-year-old single man
>> would pay $4,600 a year for the state plan. How many people of
>> modest means have $400 a month to spare?
>
> Like I said, you haven't seen the prices (and subsidies) yet, so WTF?
These are the actual prices in Mass under MittCare. So they seem like a reasonable guide to this sort of nightmare system.
> Once there is something in place we can apply salami tactics to
> tilt the subsidies in a positive direction.
Who's the salami, and who's the slicer?
Doug