Now, here's a good piece of proposed legislation that really makes sense: alleviate some of the burdensome coverage requirements placed on insurance companies that drive up the cost of health care for everyone in Massachusetts.
Just a couple examples of some of the 37 treatments insurance companies are required to cover here in Massachusetts are infertility and chiropractic treatments.
Certainly no one wants to eliminate basic procedures and life-saving treatments. What will be accomplished is eliminating inefficient government regulations that do more damage than anything else.
The manner in which this reform is accomplished will most likely be at the center of the debate, but let's just hope that our legislature will have meaningful debate and not turn this into a partisan issue that will be buried by the supermajority on Beacon Hill.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Protect our Children...Please
I read in horror, as I'm sure you all did, about the 3-year-old who was raped by a repeat sex offender who was free on bail. This monster had recently raped a 5-year-old while her 10-year-old cousin watched in fear.
The prosecution asked for $200,000 bail in the first rape case. The judge gave a mere $10,000 bail and refused to impose any conditions, such as "stay away from children." How can anyone deny the fact that we need mandatory sentencing?
Now legislation is being filed to require dangerousness hearings to be held in cases involving sex crimes against children. This allows pretrial detention for a period of time for defendants found to be dangerous.
It sounds like something that should already be required, right? So of course it will pass in the House very quickly, right? Wrong. Let's not forget how difficult it was to get even lenient mandatory sentences of 10 years passed in Massachusetts last year.
When it comes to protecting children, you can't take anything for granted in Massachusetts. We all need to call our reps and demand tougher mandatory sentences and mandatory dangerousness hearings for sex crimes against kids.
The prosecution asked for $200,000 bail in the first rape case. The judge gave a mere $10,000 bail and refused to impose any conditions, such as "stay away from children." How can anyone deny the fact that we need mandatory sentencing?
Now legislation is being filed to require dangerousness hearings to be held in cases involving sex crimes against children. This allows pretrial detention for a period of time for defendants found to be dangerous.
It sounds like something that should already be required, right? So of course it will pass in the House very quickly, right? Wrong. Let's not forget how difficult it was to get even lenient mandatory sentences of 10 years passed in Massachusetts last year.
When it comes to protecting children, you can't take anything for granted in Massachusetts. We all need to call our reps and demand tougher mandatory sentences and mandatory dangerousness hearings for sex crimes against kids.
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