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Romney Gives Mass. Health Reform An 'A' [praises Romney Care, says it's time to go nationwide]
WCVB-TV ABC Channel 5 Boston, Mass. ^ | 2009-07-09

Posted on 07/09/2009 6:05:03 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Former GOP Governor Helped Make 2006 Reform Reality.

BOSTON -- Three years after the inception of Massachusetts’ landmark health reform legislation, which required every citizen to buy insurance, NewsCenter 5’s Ed Harding wondered what former Gov. Mitt Romney, a key political architect of the plan, thought of its progress. Call it protecting his legacy, well-earned pride, or seeing the glass as half-full, but Romney says Massachusetts deserves an ‘A.’

“It’s working like we had hoped it would work,” the one-time republic presidential candidate said. “We got nearly everybody in Massachusetts health insurance, which really, something people didn't think was possible.”

Romney said the same can be done nationwide, though he concedes what many in the Bay State are grappling with now, that the hardest part of the reform debate is controlling costs. It is projected that within a decade health care will account for 20 percent of all money spent in the United States.

Currently, health care accounts for between 17 and 18 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product.

“It’s huge,” said Romney. “We’ve got two challenges. One is to get everybody insured. Believe it or not that's the relatively easy job. The other job is to reign in the inflation associated with health care. We can do that too but it's a lot of work.”

Romney points to a recent analysis by the pro-reform Massachusetts Taxpayers’ Association, showing that since near-universal coverage was implemented in 2006, state taxpayers have had to shell out an additional $88 million per year to insure an additional 430,000 citizens.

“Some people say. ‘Oh, it's expensive,’ but actually, it cost less than two percent of the state budget.”

Romney is closely following the reform debate in Washington, DC, and pointed to President Barack Obama’s proposal for a government-run so-called public plan option as a “big mistake.”

“The current system with over 1,000 insurers in this country, is perfectly capable adequate to provide choice to people in America,” Romney said.

The former governor declined to answer when Harding asked if health care is a right of a privilege in the United States. He did insist, however, that on a national level politicians ought to be able to create a system where every citizen has health insurance.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
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1 posted on 07/09/2009 6:05:03 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

WTF?

GEt rid of this guy!
Mass healthcare is now NOT working out!


2 posted on 07/09/2009 6:06:32 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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3 posted on 07/09/2009 6:07:20 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

He’s toast. Having the feds copy Romenycare is a recipe for totalitarianism.


4 posted on 07/09/2009 6:07:47 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Jim Robinson

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5 posted on 07/09/2009 6:08:28 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

Time for the Michael Corleone to Fredo line...


6 posted on 07/09/2009 6:08:54 PM PDT by BigBobber
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To: rabscuttle385

Add Romney’s stance on wanting a comprehensive immigration reform bill and you’ve got a disaster. Hey Mitt how about enforcing our existing immigration laws.


7 posted on 07/09/2009 6:12:14 PM PDT by doc
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To: rabscuttle385
"..which required every citizen to buy insurance.."

This is where Romney care, Hillary care and Obama care are all alike and another tax.

8 posted on 07/09/2009 6:13:11 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: rabscuttle385

Slick Willard is proud of his Socialist budget-buster. Imagine dat.


9 posted on 07/09/2009 6:13:24 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: rabscuttle385

Is Romney seeking the Dem. nomination in 2012? I did not know he was running against Hussien in the primaries.

Plus, Mitt is the one who let the gay genie out of the closet (bottle) in Mass. You are TOAST Mitt anywhere right of center! You make McLame look like Reagan!!


10 posted on 07/09/2009 6:14:54 PM PDT by TMA62 (TMA62)
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To: rabscuttle385

Methinks the FR Romney-bots will be ostentatiously silent on this thread.


11 posted on 07/09/2009 6:15:30 PM PDT by BfloGuy (It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
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To: pissant

Romney pretended to move to the right. He lost. Now he moved left again, where he is comfortable ;-)


12 posted on 07/09/2009 6:16:24 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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To: rabscuttle385

Hahahaha this is the first time I’ve seen this one!

Romney, the Huckster and the rest of the statist Repubs need to get a room. Then we can lock the door from the outside.


13 posted on 07/09/2009 6:16:36 PM PDT by SteelTrap
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Romney Kim il jong Gives Mass. North Korean Health Reform An 'A' [praises Romney il-jong Care, says it's time to go nationwide worldwide]


14 posted on 07/09/2009 6:17:25 PM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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state taxpayers have had to shell out an additional $88 million per year to insure an additional 430,000 citizens

This seems too good to be true. That's just over $200 a person per year.

15 posted on 07/09/2009 6:18:43 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: rabscuttle385

And to think there are a lot of conservatives, esp. here in Michigan, that drool over this shyster.


16 posted on 07/09/2009 6:18:49 PM PDT by mrsixpack36
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To: rabscuttle385

Oh boy! Maybe the Romney-Bots will take the bait and we’ll get to humiliate them again! :-)


17 posted on 07/09/2009 6:19:14 PM PDT by hiredhand (Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
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To: rabscuttle385

F Romney and the socialist horse he’s riding!

Rebellion is brewing!!

DONT TREAD ON ME!!


18 posted on 07/09/2009 6:19:14 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)
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To: rabscuttle385

His opinion sure doesn’t match the opinion of the articles I’ve read on the program.


19 posted on 07/09/2009 6:19:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
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20 posted on 07/09/2009 6:20:06 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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