Ajedropolis.com » Wait http://www.ajedropolis.com US Business & Insurance Association Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!) http://www.ajedropolis.com/obama-health-reform-and-wait-times-visualization-in-lego/ http://www.ajedropolis.com/obama-health-reform-and-wait-times-visualization-in-lego/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:47:39 +0000 admin http://www.ajedropolis.com/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 Cost of Insurance Premiums – AHIP Center for Policy and Research Individual Health Insurance 2006-2007: A Comprehensive Survey of Premiums, Availability, and Benefits – www.ahipresearch.org

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