Professors Gruber & Maddow explain Romneycare lesson: Be patient with Obamacare

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http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/EmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_1ma_131114

Anyone know how to embed the new msnbc format?

Of notable interest is that in the first month of Romneycare, 123 people signed up which was 0.3%. Obamacare (ACA) in the first month signed up 106,000 or 1.5%.

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1. gggrrr... I don't think the link works...

I've got adblock, noscript, and ghostery running on this browser. It works in ie...

Anyone get the forever peacock rainbow circle of infinite loading?

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2. Here's a direct link from her show

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

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3. Has Romeycare significantly reduced the medical bankruptcy rate in MA? n/t

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4. I don't know...

But it seems like the thing worked in Massachusetts. Have you found anything different?

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5. According to this piece it hasn't changed much

http://www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/docs/2011/AJM_Mass-Reform-hasnt-stopped-med-bankruptcies.pdf

CONCLUSION:
Massachusetts’ health reform has not decreased the number of medical bankruptcies,
although the medical bankruptcy rate in the state was lower than the national rate both before and after the
reform