Vote 9.16.2006

  • Web Blue Mass

    About Us  |   Email Us
    What they say about us

    • Recent Posts

    • Bush speaks on Global Warming! Here it is! Thanks to Oliver Willis.
    • Wall Street Journal to MA: Freeze to death So, the wise men of the Wall Street Journal editorial page (who, wags have said, don't read the actual fine reporting of that paper) have upbraided Rep. William Delahunt and...
    • "Give. Me. A. Break." Mike Wallace was on WBUR's On Point this morning. You simply must hear the one question that he would ask George Bush. I won't transcribe it, but start listening to...
    • Tim Murray in the Lt. Gov. race? Mariposa at Beyond 495 calls our attention to a most interesting tidbit in a holiday party invitation sent out by DDemDispatch: the invite notes that Worcester Mayor Tim Murray has...
    • A Teacher Runs in Foxborough An important update in the 1st Bristol race from Cos. --David There's a Democrat running in the 1st Bristol special election, but it's not Feeney. The Sun-Chronicle reported last week...
    • Bush Closes in On One Year Off W., who already holds the record for most vacation days ever taken by a President, is closing on a full year of R&R as the death toll in Iraq mounts,...
    • Candidate Questionnaires in the Somerville special election PDS member Cos reports on PDS's questionnaires and upcoming candidates forum for the State House seat vacated by Pat Jehlen's move to the Senate. --David The Progressive Democrats of Somerville...
    • More Patrick campaign tea leaves .08 acres points to this Adrian Walker column about Deval Patrick, which makes this intriguing comment: "I had called after reading that one of his top consultants, Dan Payne, had...
    • Cashing in their chips Now this is cool ... er, warm: Mt. Wachusett Community College has reduced its heating costs and CO2 output by switching to wood chips and other biomass fuels: Instead of...
    • Open Document, Insert Foot II: Electric Boogaloo Globe reports that the Romney administration is investigating Peter Quinn, director of the Informational Technology Division, for not getting permission to go to some out-of-state conferences: Romney administration officials are...

    Archives





  • Subscribe to this blog's feed

    • « And it's Illinois in the lead ... | Main | Health Care: Gut check for the Guv »

    November 16, 2005

    Health care: GBIO's Senate vs. House comparison

    The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has written up a nice comparison sheet (.pdf) between the House and Senate health care plans. The third column is apparently what GBIO plans to push for in conference committee. Their bargaining position:

    • MassHealth expansion for adults to 200% of poverty
    • No stripped down insurance products (waste of money)
    • Sliding scale subsidies for MassHealth for everyone up to 300% poverty
    • Keeping the House's employer assessment as a fiscal necessity
    • Support for individual mandate only if it is accompanied by strong employer responsibility
      mandate, and so long as affordability, privacy and quality controls are maintained.

    Other news: GBIO reports that it has gathered over 42,000 signatures for the MassACT ballot initiative. That doesn't count all those gathered by the rest of the MassACT coalition. Wow.

    Also: John McDonough points us to NECN's Jim Braude asking Our Guv if it's OK for businesses that do provide insurance to subsidize those that don't. Vague phumphering ensues.

    Posted by Charley on the MTA at 05:50 PM in Health Care, Massachusetts | Permalink

    TrackBack

    TrackBack URL for this entry:
    https://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83456d93f69e200e55078b2538834

    Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Health care: GBIO's Senate vs. House comparison:

    » GBIO Compares Health Plans from .08 Acres (and a Donkey)
    The always diligent folks at Blue Mass Group have been doing a great job sorting through the current Health Care debates for us non-policy wonks. Today, they've put up a comparison sheet (.pdf) covering the difference between the House and Senate hea... [Read More]

    Tracked on Nov 17, 2005 11:22:09 PM

    Comments

    Thanks for pointing this out. There is so much information to follow to try and keep up to date with this issue.

    Posted by: Andy | Nov 17, 2005 9:54:29 AM

    The comments to this entry are closed.