[spikeytx86]

His health care proposal used existing funds that were spent paying for indigent care at hospitals. There is a fee employers have to pay but that was not a part of his proposal, it was added by the legislator, and he did veto it but it was over turned. I have no idea why the Dem's added it, it's a $295 per employee fee employers must pay if they do not provide coverage to there employees, but they only have to have one employee receiving benefits to get out of it. It is statistically an insignificant amount of money that was not necessary for funding. I guess since there Dem's they gotta tax something but that is a story for another day.

In short, no extra funds were used, he inherited a $3 billion dollar deficit when he was elected and turned it into a surplus by cutting costs and programs and reforming others and not raising any taxes.

[AcesFullMike]

I'll take your word for all that, and it sounds awesome - but, at the end of the day, he's still gonna creep out people who've seen "Big Love".

It's like saying the Dems aren't going to nominate Dennis Kucinich because he's a leprechaun.
It's just a fact of their candidacies.

[redgirlinabluestate]

In short, no extra funds were used, he inherited a $3 billion dollar deficit when he was elected and turned it into a surplus by cutting costs and programs and reforming others and not raising any taxes.

Not bad, not bad at all. I think he'd approve.....

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"His health care proposal used existing funds that were spent paying for indigent care at hospitals. There is a fee employers have to pay but that was not a part of his proposal, it was added by the legislator, and he did veto it but it was over turned. I have no idea why the Dem's added it, it's a $295 per employee fee employers must pay if they do not provide coverage to there employees, but they only have to have one employee receiving benefits to get out of it. It is statistically an insignificant amount of money that was not necessary for funding."

Thanks, spikeytx86, that's good input on the healthcare initiative Mitt Romney sponsored in Massachusetts.

The only points I would add to your summary is that Romney changed state law to allow insurers to sell cheaper plans to young workers. He also found a loophole in federal law that enabled the self-employed to buy insurance with after-tax dollars, just like employees.

Based on my research, I agree that nothing added or modified by the ultra-liberal legislature of Massachusetts did anything to improve Romney's healthcare plan; quite the opposite. Screwing up good ideas is what Democrats do best.