Romney Health Insurance Mandate Not Working
Written by Sam on November 25th, 2007In Massachusetts, which passed a mandatory insurance law last year, high costs are forcing the state to let more than 10 percent of the uninsured off the hook because they won’t be able to afford the premiums.Experts say the affordability problem is not going away. Medical inflation means the gap between what most people can pay and what health care truly costs gets wider every year.
Romney likes to tout this as one of his grand successes as Governor of the Peoples’ Republic of Taxachusetts, but it’s a crock. As the article points out, the costs are inflating and the state is now giving a sizable amount of people a pass on the mandate rather than the $1,000 fine that was supposed to penalize those who did not abide by the new freedom stealing law.
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I hope the media brings this to Romney’s doorstep. That guy sucks.
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When it comes to health insurance, the plan that would hurt our economy the least is Hillary Clinton’s plan. Everyone would have health insurance. WA, NJ, NY and a few other states who have already tried Obama’s proposed health insurance plan of not mandating coverage. These states have driven out of the better insurance companies. When anybody can get health insurance without having to go through medical underwriting, people won’t get coverage until they absolutely need it. Usually because of a serious illness. This causes health premiums to sky-rocket. That’s because insurance companies are only paying claims for unhealthy people. The plans in these states tend to not be that great either. If everyone has health benefits, the premiums would be less because healthy people would factor in on determining the premium.