Mitt Romney has a good point...
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
November 2, 2011 12:56am CST
One of the biggest challenges Mitt Romney is going to have to face if he gets the nomination will be about RomneyCare in Massachusetts.
For years, Republicans have shrugged off Gov. Romney signing the Massachusetts state universal health care bill into law. Most just accepted it as something forced on him, since he didn't have the votes in the legislature to support a veto.
However, much to a lot of Republicans' and Conservatives' remorse, not only did Romney himself shoot down such ideas, he actually defended the law.
However, in explaining why a vote for Romney isn't a vote for Obamacare, he said it was a state's rights issue. He said that he would work just as hard to repeal Obamacare as any other Republican. The only difference is, he wouldn't be against other states passing laws similar to Massachusetts'.
While I don't like any universal medical care, state of federal, he does have a point. Since medical care is not mentioned in the US Constitution, there really is no Constitutional reason the states, or people in the state can't adopt one.
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@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
3 Nov 11
His health care package for Mass. was just what the founding fathers had in mind. Let the state develop what they want and if it works then others can follow. It is not for the Federal Government to impose a one size fits all on everyone. As he stated in one of his speeches this is what the people wanted.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
3 Nov 11
And in getting it for them, he may have handed the Democrats what they want... him away from the White House. lol
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
6 Nov 11
Annie, that's really beside the point. The Founding Fathers wrote the system into the Constitution for how it can be amended. If it's not worth bothering with the amendment process to make an issue legitimate, then it's not worth begging our elected officials to reneg on their oaths of office over.
To demand something that is unconstitutional is to beg for corruption.
@Fatcat44 (1141)
• United States
2 Nov 11
I know several states have some kind of state healthcare system. Iowa has hawkeye health program which is extended to the youth and some who do not have health insurance.
So how does this differ than what Massachusetts did.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
3 Nov 11
All states have their medicare and medicaid programs for low income and elderly. But none of them come with requirements to buy medical coverage, as RomneyCare and ObamaCare do.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
2 Nov 11
I think a state administered bill would have a better chance of being efficient and do the job it is intended to do. I tend to feel that any government program should be administered as close to the source of funds as possible. Each layer of government the money goes through, the less money there is, because some of it stays behind at each level. That is why I favor local school boards and things like that. There is no way a federal health care program is going to be efficient or equitable. Too many palms to grease, too many agencies to support.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
3 Nov 11
Yeah, he's already admitted he goes the way of the political winds.
