Democrats Are Trying To Give America Massachusetts’ Health Care System
As I’ve been saying for a while now, if you want to see how the Democrat proposals for health care will work look at Massachusetts where those proposals have already been made law.
The details of Congress’ health care “reform” legislation are finally coming into focus, and it’s not a pretty picture. Congress is essentially proposing a national version of the failing Massachusetts system.
In 2006, Massachusetts adopted a health care plan which included an individual mandate requiring residents to purchase state-approved health insurance, new regulations on insurance companies specifying who they must cover and what benefits they must provide, and a government-subsidized “public option” for low-income residents. Supporters promised a utopia of “universal coverage” which would save money while improving quality of care. However, the exact opposite has occurred — health costs in Massachusetts have skyrocketed, while patient care has suffered.
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Perhaps one of the most important parts of the debate over Democrat reform efforts is whether or not Americans will be allowed to keep their existing health care policies. Democrats say yes, but looking at what has happened in Massachusetts it seems clear that once the Democrats get their “public option” in place the government will follow-up with further regulations that will force people off their existing plans and on to different, government-approved plans.
Couple that with evidence in the health care bill in Washington DC right now that, after 2013, anyone seeking a new health care policy will have to buy a government-approved plan through a government health care exchange.
Oh, and by the way, Massachusetts’ health care system? They called it “Romneycare” when they were passing it.
More evidence why Mitt Romney can’t be the conservative choice for 2012.
