Chip's Blog

After much debate, and not so little mud slinging, the first statistics are coming in regarding the efficacy of the State's new mandatory healthcare law.  And those results are favorable.

In the last year, visits to Emergency Rooms by folks who are uninsured have decreased by 28%.  Why is this important, you might ask.  Simply, this was one of the hallmark promises of mandatory healthcare.  Folks who are not insured, who go to the doctors office, are reqired to pay for their visit.  However, if the person walks into the Emergency Room, their care is covered under "free care".  Part of free care is absorbed by the state, and some of it is amortised over the healthcare costs of everyone who is insured.  In short, either way, YOU pay for SOMEONE ELSE'S healthcare.

Now, here's the telling statistic.  The number of folks who have healthcare has RISEN by 28%.  Hmmmmmm......a 28% reduction of uninsured visits coupled with a 28% increase in insured people....

Folks, no matter what the rhetoric you hear is....no matter how much those who have to buy their insurance whine....no matter how much hogwash you hear from political candidates about what Mitt Romney DIDN'T do as governor, I'm here to tell you that the statistics, offered by the Massachusetts Hospital Association tell a different story.

Mitt did y'all one big favor.