Compromising, by nature, is what *neither* party entirely wanted in the first place, but what they "meet in the middle" on in order to proceed. Each side (or all, if more than one) presumably did their own research to determine what they think the best plan will be. The compromise that moves forward isn't *anybody's* best plan.
I think it's absolutely wonderful if a company, or a tribe, or even a small town wants to provide health care for everyone. And conceptually, I think that everyone should have access to more than the "don't get sick" health plan (which I've been on for 2 years - the end of that is 2 weeks away, thanks to a new job). But in practice, it comes down to wanting to please all of the people all of the time, which is impossible.
Once you try to mandate something like health care to a large number of people, by necessity it has to boil down the the lowest common denominator, and in the process it becomes less and less applicable to individual needs. Many think Canada's national health care system is great. For a long time I did. But then I heard individual Canadians complaining about the problems they've had getting adequate treatment and how much it costs and other problems.
Unfortunately, our population has grown so much that the days of the town doctor, who knew everyone personally and took good care of them, are long since gone.
I don't live in Mass. anymore, but my biggest concern is that this plan, which is supposed to be helping people, will actually end up screwing a lot of them instead. And I'm afraid the chance of this is rather good, since many of the state's plans end up being that way. :(
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I think it's absolutely wonderful if a company, or a tribe, or even a small town wants to provide health care for everyone. And conceptually, I think that everyone should have access to more than the "don't get sick" health plan (which I've been on for 2 years - the end of that is 2 weeks away, thanks to a new job). But in practice, it comes down to wanting to please all of the people all of the time, which is impossible.
Once you try to mandate something like health care to a large number of people, by necessity it has to boil down the the lowest common denominator, and in the process it becomes less and less applicable to individual needs. Many think Canada's national health care system is great. For a long time I did. But then I heard individual Canadians complaining about the problems they've had getting adequate treatment and how much it costs and other problems.
Unfortunately, our population has grown so much that the days of the town doctor, who knew everyone personally and took good care of them, are long since gone.
I don't live in Mass. anymore, but my biggest concern is that this plan, which is supposed to be helping people, will actually end up screwing a lot of them instead. And I'm afraid the chance of this is rather good, since many of the state's plans end up being that way. :(