Bergermeister blows hot air over Medicaid reform

A litany of pat responses:

Berger says the overhaul, which was approved after more than two years of deliberations, will allow a majority of the state’s 1.8 million Medicaid recipients to get an improved quality of care because organizations led by insurance companies and organizations led by local groups of medical providers will compete to manage care of patients.

“What we should see is some fairly healthy competition,” said Berger, a Republican from Rockingham County . “It's my belief that competition will assist in both the area of controlling cost and on the quality side.”

That's a steaming pile. A much better assessment came from one of Berger's fellow Republicans Nelson Dollar:

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