Mark Fisher, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, speaks with the Health Business Blog

Mark Fisher (R), candidate for Governor of Massachusetts Download: hbdew0002-david-e-williams-interviews-mark-fisher-republican-for-governor-of-massachusetts.mp3 In this podcast interview, Mark Fisher, Republican/Tea Party candidate for Governor of Massachusetts discusses his views on healthcare with healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of the Health Business Group. This is the second in a series of nine in-depth interviews with the candidates. For a complete schedule and an explanation of the questions visit the intro post. Excerpts from the interview are below. The full transcript is available here. Question 1: Does Chapter 224 represent the right approach to addressing rising health care costs? If not, where does it miss the mark and what would you do differently? “It is the wrong approach. It’s a huge costly government intrusion.” “[Chapter 224] creates two huge new entities and seven different task forces and committees that employ a total 100 different people. It’s taking supposedly 50 million dollars from the casino licenses. I don’t look to the government for reducing the cost of anything.” “I agree with the proposal to eliminate the number of physician assistants that can report to any one doctor. I think that’s a great thing.” “I believe that a patient should be able to choose to have a physician’s assistant as their primary care provider. Chapter 2...
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