WSJ: Massachusetts -- coming to America

I'm glad I don't live in this socialist state -- oh, wait, I guess I will in a few years here in the U.S.A.

The Massachusetts Insurance Blackout

Insurers go on strike after Deval Patrick imposes price controls.

This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums. Read on, because under ObamaCare this kind of political showdown will soon be coming to an insurance market near you.

The Massachusetts small-group market that serves about 800,000 residents shut down after Mr. Patrick kicked off his re-election campaign by presumptively rejecting about 90% of the premium increases the state's insurers had asked regulators to approve. Health costs have run off the rails since former GOP Governor Mitt Romney and Beacon Hill passed universal coverage ...

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