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Old 01-25-2011, 06:24 AM   #1
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Ma Health Ins

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Report: Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts May Merge - Project Economy News Story - WCVB Boston

Ma health insurance will go up 50% for everyone next year if this happens. Watch.
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Old 01-25-2011, 06:38 AM   #2
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dropped tufts went to blueshield

i take vitamins .....just ate an orange for the bioflavinoids
your as healthy as you eat
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Old 01-25-2011, 07:31 AM   #3
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Report: Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts May Merge - Project Economy News Story - WCVB Boston

Ma health insurance will go up 50% for everyone next year if this happens. Watch.
What brilliant insurance expert came up with that stupid number?

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Old 01-25-2011, 08:40 AM   #4
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Maybe I missed something while reading the article. Where did it say that health insurance is going up by 50%?
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Old 01-25-2011, 08:55 AM   #5
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I don't live in Mass, but I think any rate incr. have to be filed and approved by the state actuaries.
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Old 01-25-2011, 09:46 AM   #6
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I believe there both not-for-profit insurance companies.
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Old 01-25-2011, 09:49 AM   #7
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Thumbs down factoid

MEDS have gone up in price.... doubled for my wife's Meds
25% for mine and the co-pays went up 25%, the emergency room visits went from $50.00 to $150.00 bucks...

Everywhere ya look in every single friggan Bill someone's tacking on a buck here, a buck there... whether it be the Banks or the Super markets....(Did a little grocery shoppin yesterday and it BLEW MY mind.)
Verizon ,electrical ,Gasoline.... saltwater License now-> anything!

the straws are being added to the Camels Back one by ONE
eventually its gonna kill him.
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Old 01-25-2011, 12:09 PM   #8
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I don't live in Mass, but I think any rate incr. have to be filed and approved by the state actuaries.
Yup. The state has already declined two attempts by Tufts to raise rates.
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