Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!)
In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times – Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com …
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January 20th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
no its because your asses
January 20th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
oh eat me people! obama is making this country better so STFU! i wonder why we have to be the donkey symbol its clearly a republican thing.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
mrlyric there is no way the cost of living is three times more in Mass ! get some common sense ! that would be 300 % higher cost of living
January 20th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
not paying for someone’s health insurance for them is killing them off now? I have three kids with a combined total of years of 34 between them and I have taken someoneto the er a grand total of 5 times – and if we weren’t new parents, wewould haveavoided 2 of those ! compare that to parents who are on medicaid and drop by the er for anything, ask anyone who works in an er an they will tell you. hey what’s it matter, they aren’t paying for it
January 20th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
then we should do things MORE like Georgia and LESS like MAss.
January 20th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
COL would account for a 34% increase not 3 times the costs.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Did you look at the link? Family Practice doctors were included. And there is NO context for 3x the costs.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
im sorry but is a cardiologist NOT the person you want to see when you have a potentially lethat heart condition.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
When put into context, the 3X higher cost of health insurance in Massachusetts seems reasonable. Also, as far as the average wait times go, you’re crazy if you believe it takes 50 days to see your doctor in Boston. The wait times you have displayed in the video are averages from SPECIALTY doctors like cardiologists, dermatologists, etc. So before you go bashing Obama’s health care plan, you should put your facts into context.
January 20th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Your information is misleading. Sure, the average cost of individual health care in Massachusetts may be three times that of Georgia, but have you ever considered that the cost of living may be higher as well? According to Sperling’s Best Places to Live, as of 2009, the average cost of living in Massachusetts is 22.18% higher than that of the U.S. average. Georgia, on the other hand, has an average cost of living that is 11.83% LOWER than the U.S. average. {continued in next comment}
January 21st, 2010 at 12:04 am
AMEN! God Bless Georgia! Better healthcare lower taxes and hardly any liberals
Except in Atlanta an a few other places.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:50 am
I’m from the Netherlands and if I want to see my physician I just call his assistant and I usually have an appointment the same day or the day after. And yes, in Holland everyone can get treated. Everyone pays an amount per month (on average about 100 euro’s) and is covered. If you want extra dental or something like that you pay a little more..simple as that!
January 21st, 2010 at 1:01 am
I live in Canada…I just made an appointment to see the doctor a week ago. I got an appointment the next day. I don’t believe for a second that it takes 50 days to see a doctor in Boston.
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January 21st, 2010 at 2:08 am
a side from number of days waiting? would rather let people not get seen and have thereselves starve just so their kid can b seen? some people cant even afford 2 go in 2 c regular check ups that could save their lives! so why kill the poor people off just so people that can afford it live? GA and MA are 2 diff STs. & have different amount of age groups & # of clinics am i wrong? ask yourself. if a mom is on the street asking 4 money t2 feed her kids will u say no even though U have the money?
January 21st, 2010 at 2:56 am
Hahaha, this is the most shitty thing I have ever seen. Your source is an insurance company. Do you live in Boston? I do. I have never had to wait more than a day to see a doctor.
January 21st, 2010 at 3:50 am
Under Obama’s health care policy, Doctor’s would make more money. That is why so many are supporting it.
January 21st, 2010 at 4:50 am
The 3000 pg Mandate HC Trojan Horse Bill made of finely ground feces & dried urea has something for everyone:
$500,000,000,000 BILLION in Medicare Cuts to Kill, Old People Control, Abortion Control, Gun Control, Punitive Exorbident Taxes & fees, Punitive Fines, Punitive Denial of Access to Millions of Poor, Punitive Restrictive Access for Health Care, Expands gov’t 130 New Branches, Wasteful Expensive Burocracy, Long Lethal Delays in Treatment & Record Breaking Intrusion
Kill the Bill…!!!!
January 21st, 2010 at 5:21 am
Sick. I’m so sorry that happened. Why doesn’t the government enact fines against such unethical practices instead of re-vamping our whole healthcare system with an experiment that’s more of a problem than a solution. Geeze!
January 21st, 2010 at 5:58 am
mainestategop- yeah not to mention there is a tax (a.k.a. FINE) if you don’t BUY coverage (2.5% paid to IRS) it’s estimated to cost @$1,800 per person per yr. you don’t COMPLY!!! Lame!
January 21st, 2010 at 6:30 am
it doesn’t suprise me i knew from the beginning that he was a communist, and a puppet
January 21st, 2010 at 7:10 am
We need to eliminate private health insurance companies from even being at the table…. There a bunch of scum sucking pigs…
January 21st, 2010 at 7:45 am
Even Michael Moore hates Obama’s healthcare plan. ITS NOT EVEN FREE! ITS MANDATORY TO BUY FROM THOSE BIG EVIL COMPANIES EVEN IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD IT!
From each according to his own inability to pay, from each reguardless of need. I think even Lenin would go nuts!
That… Should tell us something about Obama…
January 21st, 2010 at 8:15 am
He is referring to specialist doctors, not primary care physicians. The Reform only helps with prevention. The first priority of the health care reform is to treat people who are sick now. Prevention will not help the people who are currently sick. The government has already made a disaster of the H1N1 vaccine distribution. Should the Health care reform bill pass the health care system will be just like the H1N1 waiting lines.
January 21st, 2010 at 8:51 am
I live in Atlanta and the longest I’ve ever waited for an appointment was one week. Usually, I get one in just a day or two.