Posted on 01/06/2008 2:30:43 PM PST by Fred
Fred Thompson Release:
- This is Romney's health care plan of which he claims authorship and credit. - The plan guarantees Planned Parenthood a seat at the decision-making table. - The plan provides taxpayer-funded abortions for a copay of $50. - The plan penalizes individuals not buying health insurance coverage and small businesses not offering health insurance to their employees.
Romney Is Quick To Take Credit For Massachusetts' Health Care Plan
- "I love it. It's a fabulous program." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007) - "But I helped write it and I knew it well..." (GOP Primary Debate, Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA, MSNBC, 5/3/2007)
KEY ASPECTS OF ROMNEY'S MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH CARE PLAN...
(1) Guarantees Planned Parenthood A Seat At The Table. Romney's legislation created an advisory board and guarantees, by law, that Planned Parenthood has a seat at the table. Romney's plan established a MassHealth payment policy advisory board, and one member of the Board must be from Planned Parenthood. No pro-life organization is represented. (Chapter 58 Section 3 (q) Section 16M (a), http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw06/sl060058.htm )
(2) Provides Taxpayer-Funded Abortions . Abortions are covered in the Commonwealth Care program that Romney created as Governor. Under the program, abortions are available for a copay of $50. (Menu of Health Care Services: http://www.mass.gov/Qhic/docs/cc_benefits1220_pt234.pdf )
- Romney used his line-item veto authority to strike eight sections of the bill that he found objectionable, including the expansion of dental benefits to Medicaid recipients. Yet, he did not strike Planned Parenthood's guaranteed Board representation and he did nothing to prohibit taxpayer-funded abortions as part of his plan. ("Romney's Health Care Vetoes," Associated Press, 4/12/06)
(3) Punitive Toward Small Businesses. Small Businesses are fined $295-per-employee if they do not provide health insurance coverage to employees. (Steve LeBlanc, "Mass Lawmakers Ok Mandatory Health Bill," Associated Press, 4/5/06)
(4) Punitive Toward Individuals. Individuals not obtaining health insurance coverage lose their personal state tax exemption in 2007, which will cost them an estimated $219 in higher taxes. In 2008, uncovered individuals are assessed a fine equal to 50-percent of the cost of a standard insurance policy, which could be as much as $2,000. (Michael Tanner, "No Miracle In Massachusetts," Cato Institute, 6/6/06; Steve LeBlanc, "Timing Of Health Care Law's Penalties Could Pose Risk For Romney, MA," Associated Press, 11/9/07; William C. Symonds, "In Massachusetts, Health Care for All?" Business Week, 4/4/06 )
They can excuse anything he does. This one they’ll claim is the rodent legislature’s fault (because, as we all know, it’s always everyone else’s fault but Joe Isuzu Romney’s).
Uh Excuse me senator Thompson but who as a U.S. senator went yearly to HCFA to secure funding {waivers} for Hillary Care or Tenncare {Al and Hillary’s Medicaid program} in Tennessee. First it was Gore and Matthews IIRC then it was you Mr Thompson and also Mr Frist. I would not trust Fred on health care as far as I could see him. Fred could have helped stop a mad man RINO governor. Instead he enebled him.
Thanks for posting.
Clintonian. That’s Joe Isuzu Romney in one word.
More and more news is coming out that Mitt’s campaign was guilty of this sleaze/gutter politics.
Rip and read 99% of the time.
But Mitt had the veto pin.
-—Hello, did we not watch the debate last night. Fred called for more options where one should be able to buy their healthcare insurance from whoever the HELL they want.-—
Funny, that’s part of the Romney solution in Mass, deregulation. You can buy from whom you want.
Wake up!
Me neither. He's already started to backtrack on foreign policy - since he saw that Bush bashing didn't cost Huckabee votes in Iowa.
Fred stop Scumquist ? With what ? You have an odd expectation for what a federal Senator was supposed to do with a state Governor. And TennCare was the brainchild of rodent Gov. McWherter.
They aren’t interested in any disturbing reality. This Fred here!
Just go to the emergency room and say: No Habla English, My chest hurts. Free medical :-)
“Until the hospital closes, because of bankruptsy.”
FUD used by libs to justify tax hikes.
“Until the charges cleaned them out.”
I’m not sure what you’re inferring, but that is dangerously close to playing with the class warfare garbage that Huckabee and god knows how many liberals play with.
And he said in the debate last night he wouldn't make it a mandate at the federal level but he WOULD spend federal taxpayer dollars to reward States that adopted these mandates.
Its all on film.
Veto pen was worthless because he did nothing to stop their (rodent party) increase in numbers in the legislature. He was grossly incompetent and less than worthless as a Governor and party leader. Thanks to him and his mentor William Weld, until the GOP substantially expands their presence in the MA General Court, there’s no longer any point for a Republican to be elected Governor of the state.
I'll live with a press release with a candidate's name attached versus the whisper campaign Romney's camp did Thompson dirty with on the eve of the Iowa Caucus. Romney has shown himself to be a weasel with that stunt.
Still, every once in a while she sees someone on TV and makes a comment.
She saw Romney on Fox today, her exact words "Who is that creep? He looks and sounds like a used car salesman."
The only other person she has commented on was after seeing Fred on Fox Sunday a few months ago. Her response then, "Wow, whoever that is needs to run for President. he would wipe the floor with Hillary's ass."
You nailed that!
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