Guinea pigs

Do you like facts? Here are some. Hillarycare is ALREADY turning into a train-wreck in your state, and it's going to be a bigger one once your state start to enforce it. No, it isn't self-indulgent 20-somethings that are the problem with your state's profit guarantee for health insurance company program. I hope every one of the people who voted for this is turned out of offi ce by the voters. Your state government is a national joke. Maybe an incumbent-free state legislature might give you a chance to experience a decent quality of government for a change. I have a friend in your state (used to be two, but the other one moved to New Hampshire.) -------- start fair usage quote http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/11/01/when_wages_dont_pay_the_bills/ The country should also modernize the federal poverty line, which grossly understates poverty, especially in high-cost states. The 2007 level is set at $20,650 a year for a family of four. But that's a pittance in places like Boston, where a family of four with two school-aged children actually needs $53,760 to cover costs, according to the self-sufficiency standard published by the Crittenton Women's Union, a local nonprofit. Released in part by the Center for Social Policy at UMass-Boston, the report says some 41 million people nationwide live in families facing a "hardships gap." Breadwinners work, and many get assistance from six public programs (welfare, food stamps, child-care subsidies, housing support, Medicaid, and the earned income tax credit), but they still don't earn enough to cover costs. Massachusetts results, released yesterday, indicate that 900,000 state residents fall in this gap. -------- end fair usage quote It is ironic that an alleged "alternative" newspaper would shill for subsidies for the corporate health care industry that objective observers know is the main cause of what's wrong with health care in America.