{"id":13592,"date":"2009-06-28T23:34:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/joan_vennochi_the_forbidding_arithmetic_of_healthcare_reform\/"},"modified":"2009-06-28T23:34:41","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T23:34:41","slug":"joan_vennochi_the_forbidding_arithmetic_of_healthcare_reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=13592","title":{"rendered":"Joan Vennochi: The forbidding arithmetic of healthcare reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fuzzy math behind the Massachusetts universal healthcare law is starting to add up &#8211; just as Washington studies the law as a possible model for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Because of a recession-related drop in state revenues and a surge in enrollment by the recently unemployed, the truth is emerging at an inconvenient time. Massachusetts doesn\u2019t have enough money to pay for the coverage envisioned by the law.<\/p>\n<p>In June, state officials announced they are cutting $100 million from Commonwealth Care, which subsidizes premiums for needy residents. The poorest residents, along with the newest &#8211; legal immigrants &#8211; will take the hit.<\/p>\n<p>This outcome is not surprising, but it is instructive as President Obama pushes for a national healthcare plan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/editorial_opinion\/oped\/articles\/2009\/06\/28\/the_forbidding_arithmetic_of_healthcare_reform?mode=PF\"Read it all<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fuzzy math behind the Massachusetts universal healthcare law is starting to add up &#8211; just as Washington studies the law as a possible model for the nation. Because of a recession-related drop in state revenues and a surge in<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=13592\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,670,149,104,617,114,616,151,667,618,619,587,669,584],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-budget","category-economy","category-health-medicine","category-house-of-representatives","category-law-legal-issues","category-office-of-the-president","category-politics-in-general","category-president-barack-obama","category-senate","category-state-government","category-taxes","category-the-national-deficit","category-the-u-s-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}