[lbo-talk] state by state single payer

[Marv Gandall]

This stuff is always shocking to Canadians like myself who don't pay
premiums or have deductibles, even though our taxes are higher and there are
ongoing government attempts to chip away at the system. But nothing like the
Massachusetts "public" plan. No wonder the right is able to exploit it.
There's always been a leakage of doctors and nurses from here looking for
bigger bucks in the States, but nothing drastic. In any case, you're always
going to get  movement of medical personnel, as we do, from poorer to richer
provinces and from rural areas into the cities, creating shortages which
can't be effectively addressed for so long as the professional associations
are allowed to control supply through licensing restrictions.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] state by state single payer


>
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 7:10 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
>> at work, a guy who likes to read Drudge, told me that the Mass  system
>> has driven the doctors out of the state.
>
> Himmelstein says Mass General is making big money. The real problem is
> that people are forced to buy a basic package - $4,000 a year with a
> $4,000 deductible. You have to lay out $8,000 before the insurance  kicks
> in!
>
> Doug
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