[lbo-talk] state by state single payer

[shag carpet bomb]

At 10:26 AM 10/21/2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
>Ha, Googled "Massachusetts doctors exodus" and turned up this:
>
>>THREAT OF DOCTOR SHORTAGE DISPUTED MEDICAL SOCIETY PROJECTIONS MAY
>>BE 'POLITICAL STATEMENT,' CONSUMER COALITION CHARGES
>>The Boston Globe | September 12, 1988
>
>1988!
>
>Here's the Massachusetts Medical Association report, which seems to be
>the basis of the line:
>
><http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm?TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=29403  
> >
>
>It's mainly about malpractice premiums - which lagged the U.S. from
>2001-7, and only turned worse in the last year or two.
>
>Doug

that's it. I asked him about this again today, to clarify how this could 
cause doctors to leave the state. This is the line they're pushing -- 
malpractice premiums! He just got back from a family event in Mass and had 
all kinds of anecdotage to support the claim too!

shag


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