The point of RomneyCare — which was designed by the Heritage Foundation — was to prevent socialized medicine. It kept all insurance and provision of health care in the private sector, while trying to address the problem of “free riders,” the uninsured who showed up at hospitals, and left their bills for the taxpayers.
The most “anti-freedom” part of it is currently the mandate that everyone insure themselves. As originally proposed by Romney (and Heritage), there was no mandate. People could buy insurance or post a bond. The Mass legislature made it a mandate.
This is, I admit, more of an intrusion on freedom than the mandate that everyone have car insurance — which I think is a good idea — because you can choose not to have a car.
But we have a real, practical problem here. Hospitals cannot turn away the free riders. We end up paying their bills. Forcing them to pay their own bills is the “conservative” way. I ask this respectfully, can you think of a way to do that without some kind of mandate?
Look, lady, can you spell the “Van” in Vanilla?
Once you get The Great and General Court of the Commonwealth involved anything the price goes up, the service goes down, and Free Riders still ride free.
Isn't that kind of like screwing for virginity?