Romney plays down health care [As RomneyCare proves to be big gov boondoggle]

Concord Monitor ^ | Nov 18, 2007 | By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ

[Jim Robinson]

Romney plays down health care

As Massachusetts governor, he tackled universal coverage

As governor, Mitt Romney signed the country's first comprehensive attempt at universal health coverage. On the presidential campaign trail, he has not put health care reform at the top of his agenda, nor has he embraced the central goal of the Massachusetts plan - universal coverage - as an appropriate target for the country.

The story sounds like classic stump-speech material.

A business leader and friend of then-Gov. Mitt Romney suggested he could make his mark if he solved Massachusetts's health care woes. Romney, a former consultant, took up the challenge, crunched the numbers and developed a framework for insuring nearly everyone in the commonwealth. Two years later, through an impressive feat of bipartisan cooperation between the governor's office and the legislature, he signed the country's first comprehensive attempt at universal health coverage.

"An achievement like this comes around once in a generation," he said on the day he signed the bill in April 2006.

[traderrob6]

“In other words, why play up during a primary a health insurance plan to woo social conservatives who really aren’t interested, rather than wait until the general election when it is an issue he can use to lure independents?”

BINGO!

[Admin Moderator]

Don’t worry. Moments ago I banned Jim Robinson. This will never happen again.

[Beagle8U]

What you posted to me Isn’t what I wrote. Its what I replyed to.

[bw17]

The plan involves purchasing PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE.

Have you read your own private health insurance plan? Does it cover abortions? I bet it does. So, in effect, your premiums are funding other policy holder’s abortions.

How is it different in MA, when taxpayer money that was already paying for the uninsured at the ER’s, is now being diverted to pay for private health insurance for the poor instead?

[50mm]

Isn’t it okay as long as the interpretation part is in brackets? The headline part was clear enough to me. Is there a rule against comments in brackets as part of the title to a thread?

[sionnsar]

Explain what? The fake headline that Jim Robinson fabricated for this thread?

I think you owe Jim Robinson an apology. The headline is not fake, he just added comments in brackets the way many on FR do: I clicked through and here is what I saw:

[Beagle8U]

“Don’t worry. Moments ago I banned Jim Robinson. This will never happen again.”

Not fair! They were both arguing, ban em both!

( We’ll see which comes back first...LMAO)

[beandog]

I hope you know he/she is kidding. Jim Rob is the owner of FR. He isn’t getting banned. LOL

[wagglebee]

Don’t worry. Moments ago I banned Jim Robinson. This will never happen again.

Damn! Are there government-mandated quotas on zots now?! :-)

[Jim Robinson]

They [the moderators] keep trying though.

[bw17]

Ban me for what? Pointing out that the headline of this thread was a fraud?

If you want to add commentary, put it in brackets *after* the actual headline.

[Admin Moderator]

Our coup attempts continue to fail but one of these days...

[Beagle8U]

Don’t be such a nerd. It was a joke!

[bw17]

So where’s the part in the headline (or the article) about a “big government boondoggle”?

[wagglebee]

Next you guys will be threatening to unionize!

[bw17]

OK. It was a joke. Ha ha.

Still smells like a cheap shot from where I’m sitting.

[Jim Robinson]

"Have you read your own private health insurance plan? Does it cover abortions?"

Seems like you have a big problem understanding the difference between free market private business and free choice vs government (socialist) intrusion and coercion.

[50mm]

I know who Jim Rob is. He gets a well-deserved monthly donation from me.

I thought the sarcasm in my comment was obvious. Sorry if you misunderstood.

[Lead Moderator]

Isn’t it okay as long as the interpretation part is in brackets?

Yes.

[beandog]

Well when you get as big and powerful as you are, you just can’t trust anyone. Don’t worry though we’ve got your back.:)