If you would bother to check the history of the Massachusetts plan, you will discover (as I did) that Romney had originally insisted on an opt-out clause where people could simply sign a form claiming they had the means to pay for their own personal health care, and thus would NOT rely on taxpayer funds to pay their hospital bills.
The 85% Democratic legislature balked, took OUT the waiver, and the two sides bickered for a long time.
Finally, after some horse trading, it got left in... but there STILL is a way a person can opt out...if I'm not mistaken.
DONT BELIEVE all the hysterical Romney hating hype on FR.
98% is out-of-context statements designed to make Romney look like a liberal, which he the farthest thing from...
thanks...I did read where Romney vetoed the mandated and penalty fees for businesses who didn’t comply but the liderals in the legistlature overode it. I can see from reading more details that Romneys plan is intended in reducing costs so more people could afford healthcare. The liberals screwed with it quite a bit and then Romney gets the blame. I believe some conservatives are sort of knee jerk reactionary on some issues and judge quickly and really need to dig for the facts.