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“While in theory the plan should be affordable if the whole state contributes to the cost, the reality is that Massachusetts has an exhaustive list of health coverage regulations prohibiting insurers from offering more basic, pared-down policies with higher deductibles. (This is yet another reminder that America must establish a cross-state insurance market that gives individuals the freedom to shop for insurance plans in states other than their own.)
In our estimation, Massachusetts residents earning little more than $30,000 a year are in jeopardy of being priced out of the system. In the event that this occurs, Governor Romney will be in grave danger of repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, Mike Dukakis, whose 1988 health plan was hailed as a save-all but eventually collapsed when poorly-devised payment structures created a malaise of unfulfilled promises. We propose that a more realistic approach might be to limit the mandate to those individuals earning upwards of $54,000 per year.”
As usual, a 5 year old article attacking Newt for agreeing with Romney. Except, as usual, Romney has taken all sides of every argument and therefore it is impossible to agree or disagree with a position as slimey as Romney’s.
It’s time to ask what will this candidate do for us as President.
The only one in the room with no track record before his election is the current present voting, present and malleable POTUS/Totus, but then again, his record and rhetoric have so little in common that you really can’t hold him to anything but Holder and Holder’s people.
This crap is getting old. Show me a candidate who will try to attack Obama personally and I will have an interest.