Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Dukakis campaign maintains that the number of doctors in the state has been stable since 1982, when Dukakis was elected to serve his second term. If doctors are leaving the state, the campaign would have us believe, then someone is taking their places.
But many doctors say it is ironic that while Dukakis advocates universal care on the campaign trail, some residents of his own state may go without it because of "spot shortages" of doctors, primarily in Western Massachusetts and on Cape Cod.
SO what has Dukakis done to alienate so many doctors? Well for starters, Massachusetts is the only state where a doctor must agree to balanced billing when he receives his license--that is, when treating Medicare patients he is not allowed to charge above what Medicare will pay, even if...
But that's not the real reason so many doctors hate Dukakis, or why the state's hospitals are no longer among the world's elite. The long-running history of clashes between Massachusetts and its doctors every so often culminates in litigation. Most recently, the end of the summer...
The Universal Health Law Dukakis would undoubtedly pass if elected president would require employers to buy insurance for uninsured employees. Doctors do not pretend to be excited about what would bring this country one step closer toward socialized medicine, but by itself, the prospect of the law's enaction is...