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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (68305)	3/28/2012 6:00:12 PM
From: John	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

I strongly agree, Bill. That's a ridiculous amount. The bottom line is that everyone should pay for their own insurance or health care. Insurance and health care are personal decisions that each person must make on his/her own. It's part of freedom and I happen to like it that way. When I can no longer pay, it's time for me to check out. If health care and insurance are so expensive that I cannot afford the treatment, I will die. It's as simple as that. People have been dying without treatment since time began. That's the way nature works --supply and demand. Forcing you at gunpoint to pay for my medical needs is just flat wrong, and the reverse is true as well.

To: Bill who wrote (68305)	3/29/2012 2:43:59 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Re: "Any story on the 'success' of Romneycare that doesn't mention the cost of premiums is bad reporting" Have the costs of premiums in MA strated rising FASTER than the rate of national increase (since 'Romneycare's passage)? Or has the rate of 'normal' increase in MA ramped up more than it was before? Anyway... I think the article actually did make reference to this. Perhaps you missed it? See: ...While the price for health plans has been kept relatively steady, treatment costs are rising as the number of insured people seeking care has increased. Per capita health-care spending in Massachusetts has been the highest in the nation since at least 1998, according to a 2011 study in the journal Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.