This group of physicians in Massachusetts are not happy with the current insurance plan and have written an open letter telling why with statistics on what has not improved...a view from the physicians taking care of the patients...perhaps the best opinions out there..the folks working with the system every day....They also bring some interesting insurance statistics to light with using Blue Cross as an example..."reaping a surplus of one million each day"...a few days ago we posted a similar article on the insurers in the state of Washington relative to the same surplus issues..BD
Over 250 Massachusetts doctors have signed an open letter to the country warning that the health reform model enacted by Massachusetts is failing and that a single payer program is the only alternative.
"It is urgent that the rest of the country know that Massachusetts is a living laboratory for the health care reforms being pushed in California and by the Obama/Clinton/Edwards campaigns. Right now the Gov. Romney/Massachusetts' plan gets a failing grade on the ground," said Dr.Rachel Nardin, Assistant Professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.
Although we wish that the current reform could secure health insurance for all, its failings reinforce our conviction that only a single payer program can assure patients the care they need.
Among the near poor uninsured (who are eligible for partial premium subsidies) only 16% had enrolled in the new coverage. And barely 7% of the uninsured individuals with incomes too high to qualify for subsidies had enrolled according to the official state figures. Few can afford premiums for even the skimpiest coverage; the lowest cost plan offered for a couple in their fifties costs $8,200 annually, and carries a $2,000 per person deductible.
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