Comments on: More Lessons from Massachusetts http://healthblog.ncpa.org/more-lessons-from-massachusetts/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 20:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Why Health Reform is Bound to Fail | John Goodman | NCPA http://healthblog.ncpa.org/more-lessons-from-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-43371 Why Health Reform is Bound to Fail | John Goodman | NCPA Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:49 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3701#comment-43371 [...] This is precisely what is happening in Massachusetts right now. As previously reported here, waiting times to see doctors in Boston are more than twice as long as any other US city. Casual observation suggests that access [...] [...] This is precisely what is happening in Massachusetts right now. As previously reported here, waiting times to see doctors in Boston are more than twice as long as any other US city. Casual observation suggests that access [...]

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/more-lessons-from-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-43007 Ken Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:52:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3701#comment-43007 Just give them time, John. We will catch up with Canada eventually. Just give them time, John. We will catch up with Canada eventually.

]]> By: Ron Greiner http://healthblog.ncpa.org/more-lessons-from-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-43002 Ron Greiner Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:58:34 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3701#comment-43002 Plus, the so-called Health Connector with Blue Cross of MA and 4 other local yokals don't have out of state network discounts. This isn't world wide coverage like America's oldest insurance company who can't break into the commonwealth's health insurance monopoly. Thank you Mitt Romney. These socialists are in both political parties. Plus, the so-called Health Connector with Blue Cross of MA and 4 other local yokals don’t have out of state network discounts. This isn’t world wide coverage like America’s oldest insurance company who can’t break into the commonwealth’s health insurance monopoly.

Thank you Mitt Romney. These socialists are in both political parties.

]]> By: John R. Graham http://healthblog.ncpa.org/more-lessons-from-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-42999 John R. Graham Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:16 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3701#comment-42999 We are shocked to see waiting times measured in days, but in Canada, the waiting times are months. Look at the Fraser Institute's latest waiting time survey (2008): 36.7 weeks for orthopaedic, 16.1 weeks for gynecologic, 12.5 weeks for internist, 7.3 weeks for cardiovascular, etc. And these are not for the operations: These waiting times are from the date your primary-care doc refers you until your first consultation with the specialist. Even Boston's appalling results in the Merritt Hawkins survey look like gold, compared to the results of the Canadian government monopoly! We are shocked to see waiting times measured in days, but in Canada, the waiting times are months. Look at the Fraser Institute’s latest waiting time survey (2008): 36.7 weeks for orthopaedic, 16.1 weeks for gynecologic, 12.5 weeks for internist, 7.3 weeks for cardiovascular, etc. And these are not for the operations: These waiting times are from the date your primary-care doc refers you until your first consultation with the specialist.

Even Boston’s appalling results in the Merritt Hawkins survey look like gold, compared to the results of the Canadian government monopoly!

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