Back after a long absence....

Greetings from the Bay State
where to be uninsured is not so great!
But they have some answers, yes, of late;
they'll force us to participate
but not with us commiserate,
so I scribble to you in turgid prose
in health care's mud we dangle our toes
it's safe to say 'that's how it goes':
we'll soon be drowned by HMO's!

A mere five days from this post-Christmas post will see the beginning of force-fed 'health' insurance in our fair Bay State. Kinks remain to be worked out, of course, not the least of which is the role of our highly efficient tax collecting domain known as DOR. What will happen once this arm of our government, at the behest of the Commonwealth 'Connector' - then morphs into the Commonwealth COLLECTOR? Will all hell break loose among the targeted masses who refused to purchase piss-poor and overpriced policies?
Or will the Chapter 58 debacle go down in flames of public outrage?

Both scenarios are doubtful, of course - they'll push it along by force, because, well, THEY CAN.

Rumor has it that the feds want this thing so badly, they're willing to keep pumping money into it - even if it becomes like our other infamous boondoggle (recently 'completed') THE BIG DIG.


A must-see video which is instructive within the context of how Massachusetts got to this point, and the industry players who made it happen:


http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/healthcare/patientrevolt/