That’s a good one! I’ll definitely try that angle, that it is bankrupting MA. I was trying to get her on purely Constitutional/law grounds, since she “claims” to be sooooo fond of the law and the Constitution. Right.
Bay State health insurance premiums highest in country
Rein in health costs, Massachusetts urged
By Kay Lazar
Globe Staff / August 22, 2009
Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country, according to a new analysis that highlights the state’s challenge in trying to rein in medical costs after passage of a landmark 2006 law that mandated coverage for nearly everyone.
http://www.peoplespresscollective.org/2010/03/mitt-romneys-achilles-heel/
Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, was responsible for implementing Commonwealth Care, the closest thing in the nation to Obamacare.
Massachusetts not only has the highest health insurance premiums in the nation, it also has the fastest rising premiums in the nation. And Boston has, by far, the longest wait in the nation to see a doctor.
The plan is costing the state billions of dollars and is more than $100MM overbudget this year because the vast majority of new insured in Massachusetts pay little or nothing for their insurance. They simply steal money from taxpayers to pay for it. How does that “health care is a right” feel now?
Now the state is already cutting services and blocking or delaying insurance coverage for many of its residents – especially its poorest – in order to stem the fiscal hemmoraging caused by their version of ObamaCare. No wonder Massachusetts voters believe by a large ratio that Commonwealth Care has damaged the quality of health care in the state.