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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 Awesome: Cost of ObamaCare’s Failed Massachusetts Site Now Tops $500
Million
by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
Government efficiency! Remember not too long ago when Obama told us how much
money this boondoggle would save? Yeah, about that:
The total cost to implement Obamacare in Massachusetts surpassed a half-
billion dollars yesterday, as the Health Connector board agreed to seek an
additional $121 million in federal funds to try to rescue the money-
hemorrhaging health exchange.
“This is now Massachusetts’ Big Dig I.T. project,” said Joshua
Archambault, a health care expert at the Pioneer Institute. “The decision
was completely irresponsible to taxpayers, with very little uncertainty we’
re going to get the end result that we want.”
The board approved a two-track plan yesterday — invoking an emergency
provision to sidestep state procurement laws — to award a no-bid contract
to Minnesota-based Optum. The company will, in turn, subcontract with
hCentive — which it holds a 24 percent stake in, as the Herald first
reported yesterday.
Connector officials insisted the exchange is so broken they had no
choice.
“The reality is, this is it,” said Sarah Iselin, the state’s
Obamacare czar. “When we look at what we can reasonably do for the fall,
this is it. I wish we had more choices, but we don’t. We’re making the
best of a really lousy situation.”
Federal taxpayers will be asked to shell out the cost of pursuing a “
dual track” of simultaneously implementing software to build a new state
exchange and joining the federal Healthcare.gov as a fallback plan.
You know what would be nice? For people to be held accountable for this. Yes
, too much to ask, we know. We’ll have to wait for November.
For taxpayers, Obamacare in Massachusetts has been a more-than-half-
billion-dollar blunder. It amounts to: $270 million in federal grants to
implement the law, an estimated $120 million through the end of the year to
keep some Bay Staters on Commonwealth Care plans, $50 million to pay Optum
for easing an application backlog and between $100 million and $145 million
for the two-track plan.
And that doesn’t include the cost of temporary Medicaid insurance for
Bay Staters, which will be split between the state and feds.
Obviously it’s racist to even ask where all this money has gone and since
we have a corrupt Justice Department don’t ever expect any answers. | m********8
发帖数: 7463 | 2 这个是麻州逆臣的责任
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Awesome: Cost of ObamaCare’s Failed Massachusetts Site Now Tops $500
: Million
: by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
: Government efficiency! Remember not too long ago when Obama told us how much
: money this boondoggle would save? Yeah, about that:
: The total cost to implement Obamacare in Massachusetts surpassed a half-
: billion dollars yesterday, as the Health Connector board agreed to seek an
: additional $121 million in federal funds to try to rescue the money-
: hemorrhaging health exchange.
: “This is now Massachusetts’ Big Dig I.T. project,” said Joshua
| a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 3 O8care 这是名副其实的mother fucker啊。
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Awesome: Cost of ObamaCare’s Failed Massachusetts Site Now Tops $500
: Million
: by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
: Government efficiency! Remember not too long ago when Obama told us how much
: money this boondoggle would save? Yeah, about that:
: The total cost to implement Obamacare in Massachusetts surpassed a half-
: billion dollars yesterday, as the Health Connector board agreed to seek an
: additional $121 million in federal funds to try to rescue the money-
: hemorrhaging health exchange.
: “This is now Massachusetts’ Big Dig I.T. project,” said Joshua
| a**e
发帖数: 5094 | 4 大戏还在后面，大家别着急。
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21601834-thanks-oba
85％买保险的都是拿政府补贴的。现在美国印钱是不可能的了，只有加税，砍补贴或是
涨保险价格。
【在 a*********a 的大作中提到】
: O8care 这是名副其实的mother fucker啊。
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| m*****5
发帖数: 23482 | 5 不需要补贴的自己买保险比政府网站便宜，干嘛要去政府网站买？政府网站本来做出来
就是为了方便需要补贴的人的，85%本来就符合网站建立宗旨
【在 a**e 的大作中提到】
: 大戏还在后面，大家别着急。
: http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21601834-thanks-oba
: 85％买保险的都是拿政府补贴的。现在美国印钱是不可能的了，只有加税，砍补贴或是
: 涨保险价格。
| a**e
发帖数: 5094 | 6 好好好，咱明年看你自己的医疗保险是多少钱。到时候咱们再来看这个帖子。 ：）
【在 m*****5 的大作中提到】
: 不需要补贴的自己买保险比政府网站便宜，干嘛要去政府网站买？政府网站本来做出来
: 就是为了方便需要补贴的人的，85%本来就符合网站建立宗旨
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