From the article:
In 2012, Massachusetts enacted a law intended to not allow healthcare cost inflation to exceed the inflation of the remainder of the economy.
It would appear that it is not about how well a care is provided but what the aggregate health expenditures are … I am still trying to figure how this is going to work out… without rationing …
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Seniors are taxed more and more each year.. the amount that is exempt from taxes was established in the mid-80’s at 32K for a couple and has NEVER been adjusted for inflation… and SS average per person was < $500/month in the 80's as opposed to today's average of ~ $1200. If that exemption had been indexed to the CPI it would be ~ 75K today. Another stealth tax !
The answer is it CAN’T work without rationing….. and lots of morphine for seniors who won’t get joint replacements, transplants and other high cost procedures because their “productive years” (taxpaying years) are behind them!