All the more reason to go forward with "The Affordable Care Act." We need the State Healthcare Insurance Pools.

Additionally, every state can also provide their own Public Option.  That is what Massachusetts did a long time ago and it is called "Mass Health."

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MassHealth offers benefits to a wide range of people who meet the eligibility rules. We look at your family size and income to decide if you and your family can get MassHealth. If you are aged 65 or older or need long-term-care services, we also count some of your assets. Immigration status does not affect your eligibility for MassHealth, but may affect the type of benefits MassHealth provides.


"Mass Health" does require documentation for eligibility for the state insurance.  According to the Kaiser Study most of the increases were due to the industry of health care and not due to The Affordable Care Act.  


The Democrats have stated over and over there needs to be cost containment, but, to date that has not happened.  New equipment for hospitals and offices have a depreciation value so that can't be it.  There are more specialists today than before so that can't be it, unless of course they can simply dial up their own value and then the supply and demand side is worthless.  The need is in Family Medicine and The Affordable Care Act supplies incentives for physicians to study and work within that discipline, so it is very needed.  


Most of the health care increases are industry driven and I'll venture to say they are opportunistic as well.