Number of Insured Continues to Grow in Massachusetts


	Number of Insured Continues to Grow in Massachusetts

BobbyDelray

8-20-2008 9:32 PM

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8-20-2008 11:00 PM

sahara

Part of this is due to the fact that they fine you for not having insurance, either way you are paying.

8-21-2008 12:20 AM

The REAL Napster

They didn't name it Taxachusetts for nothing.

8-21-2008 1:07 AM

n2sooners

the program is costing far more than expected, and there’s currently a fight in the state over how to pay for it.

saved the state an estimated $68 million.

Hehe, so which is it because it can't be both.

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(The figures exclude Medicare.) That’s more than two-thirds of the estimated 600,000 who were uninsured in the state two years ago, the <A target="blank" href="http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/08/20/439000_more_get_health_coverage/">Boston Globe reports</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/20/number-of-insured-continues-to-grow-in-massachusetts/"><P>Indeed, so many people have signed up for insurance that the program is costing far more than expected, and there’s currently <A target="blank" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/12/massachusetts-businesses-resist-health-insurance-rules/">a fight in the state</A> over how to pay for it.<SPAN id="more-3173"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/20/number-of-insured-continues-to-grow-in-massachusetts/"><P>Still, there’s a financial upside. 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