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    • November 09, 2005 | Montigny tries to fix Senate plan
    Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) has sponsored an amendment to the Senate health care bill expanding access to MassHealth. Increased access is, after all, the whole point of this exercise....

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (9)

    November 08, 2005 | Hot + cold = lukewarm
    I was talking with a friend last night who reads the blog, and he asked, "So, are you guys for or against the health care plan?" And others have called...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (11)

    Election day/Roundup
    Election day today: Get out and vote. Tell us what you see. *** Here's Adam Reilly's burning questions on the Boston City Council race. *** The health care juggernaut rumbles...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (5)

    November 07, 2005 | Globe on health care: Man bites dog
    So the Globe breathlessly trumpets, above the fold today: "Shake-up envisioned in health insurance: Higher deductibles seen possible for many." Holy crap! That's gonna suck! Better shut the whole thing...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (4)

    November 05, 2005 | Pols show their true colors on health care
    The health care issue is so big, and the stakes are so high, that it's the kind of issue on which politicians get to show what they're really made of,...

    By David | Read Article | Comments (18)

    November 04, 2005 | The Free Care Top 20!
    From a study last February, here are the Top 20 employers whose workers make use of the MassHealth or the Free Care Pool. In other words: They're not paying for...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (6)

    House passes DiMasi-care; WBUR does good work this morning
    WBUR had two good things on Morning Edition today: An interview with Health Care for All's John McDonough on the basics of the health care problems and the bill just...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (7)

    November 03, 2005 | "Remember your mission"
    Via a State House source, this State House News item on a speech given today by the Senate President: Senate President Robert Travaglini on Thursday morning admonished his fellow lawmakers...

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    Write or call your reps on health care - NOW!
    I emailed my rep this morning urging him to support employer "pay or play" in the House health care bill, and I got a very nice email back with this...

    By David | Read Article | Comments (8)

    November 02, 2005 | Telling omission by the Governor
    Here's Our Guv addressing DiMasi's health care plan tonight: "I think people are familiar with my positions as related to taxation. I don't want to see taxes rise. I want...

    By Charley on the MTA | Read Article | Comments (0)

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