tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post3140558015948587034..comments2023-11-03T04:34:44.489-04:00Comments on Drinking Liberally in New Milford: A Real Public Option In Connecticut?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-89711608164543577062011-01-08T09:53:01.066-05:002011-01-08T09:53:01.066-05:00Aikuisiän Akne: I just wanted to clarify what I wa...Aikuisiän Akne: I just wanted to clarify what I was saying about Alaska, since you were not clear about what you think Alaska would not go for.<br /><br />Politico's summary of <a href="http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=490E3CD0-F183-2505-4AE7268B7C447D19" rel="nofollow">Alaska's resistance to reform</a>:<br /><br />------<br /><br />"Alaska – With Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty no longer in office, Alaska’s Gov. Sean Parnell arguably snatches the title for most aggressive, anti-health-reform governor. He has regularly rejected grant opportunities pursued by the vast majority of states; Alaska was one of two states not to pursue an exchange planning grant, one of five that turned down an opportunity for increased rate review funding.<br /><br />“My sense is the individual state agencies are tracking the requirements of the law and implementing those requirements,” says Deborah Erickson, executive director of the Alaska Health Care Commission, a state agency created by Gov. Sarah Palin. “Beyond that, there are so many, essentially new programs that I don’t think Governor Parnell will be pursuing.”<br /><br />Alaska could emerge as a key state to watch to understand how HHS will deal with an adamantly opposed state.<br /><br />With so much uncertainty surrounding federal reform’s fate in Alaska, Erickson’s group will steer clear of making implementation recommendations. When they issue a report on health reform in Alaska on January 15 it will only go as far as to summarize what has been done and what deadlines loom in the future."<br /><br />-----<br /><br />IOW: They aren't preparing for much of anything and have turned down money they will need to implement reforms. They are just documenting it.<br /><br />Whether or not they have alternate plans? Like how Vermont is setting the table for single payer, now, or whatever they might choose to do? Remains to be seen. But they are the most resistant to healtchare reform that was passed in DC.Connecticut Man1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08923884330387123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-44014141879036225932011-01-08T09:40:21.550-05:002011-01-08T09:40:21.550-05:00I don't know how the people of Alaska feel abo...I don't know how the people of Alaska feel about it, though I could go to Mudflats and a few other Blogs and newspapers to see, but the government and key leadership in Alaska has turned down all kinds of funding to implement any kind of reform. So I speak to the reality that they are the most resistant to reform as they are doing little, at this point, to fix any of the problems that every state has.Connecticut Man1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08923884330387123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-59253489091797721222011-01-08T06:54:43.395-05:002011-01-08T06:54:43.395-05:00I dont know if Alaska will go for that..I dont know if Alaska will go for that..Aikuisiän Aknenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-20338731149241536462011-01-07T11:18:35.654-05:002011-01-07T11:18:35.654-05:00Actually, this legislation did finally get around ...Actually, this legislation did finally get around ERISA laws so the insurance corporations do not have a monopoly any longer. Healthcare reform out of DC can be horrible and corporatist if the state picks that route. Connecticut may not be doing that if they make a real Public Option available. Vermont is going Single Payer. So that won't be a corporatist reform.<br /><br />But everything was basically dumped on the state so a lot of states will be sucking completely with the "reform" they see. Which was partially the point of the post.<br /><br />They should have just short cut to the best answers but they did not. Which was kind of spineless. Now we have to fight for the right things in 50 states.Connecticut Man1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08923884330387123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-62653109782371704892011-01-07T09:47:29.175-05:002011-01-07T09:47:29.175-05:00It is a pity that we only had corporatists to &quo...It is a pity that we only had corporatists to "choose" from in 2008. We wanted a Roosevelt, and we got something akin to a Gorbachev-as in, he is so afraid of pissing off the oligarchs that he's hamstrung when it comes to doing what is right.<br /><br />Oh well.... his new pals will help him out with not doing the right thing.Jolly Rogerhttp://reconstitution.us/rcnewnoreply@blogger.com