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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 838094" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>AV8,</p><p></p><p>The claims I made, are not my claims, but the claims of the current govenor of Mass. Here, in a story on the subject, hear the current gov's own words.</p><p></p><p><strong>Patrick says Romney plays both sides on health care</strong></p><p></p><p>By <a href="http://search.boston.com/local/Search.do?s.sm.query=Robert+Weisman&camp=localsearch:on:byline:art" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2851a2">Robert Weisman</span></a></p><p>Globe Staff <span style="font-size: 9px">/</span> May 14, 2011 </p><p></p><p>WALTHAM — Governor Deval Patrick, calling for tougher measures to control health care costs in Massachusetts, says Mitt Romney was playing politics in a Thursday speech in which the former governor stood by his role in crafting the state’s 2006 health care overhaul law while deriding President Obama’s national effort to expand health care coverage.</p><p></p><p>In an interview after his address yesterday before the annual meeting of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a business trade group, Patrick suggested Romney’s presidential ambitions were coloring his opinion of the law championed by Obama.</p><p>“It’s difficult to see how an acknowledged success in Massachusetts can become a presumptive failure nationally,’’ Patrick said. “But you know, this is more about politics than policy.’’</p><p></p><p>Romney’s campaign staff didn’t have a response to Patrick’s comments yesterday.</p><p></p><p>The two men have traded barbs in recent months as Romney has prepared for his anticipated presidential campaign and Patrick has taken a higher profile as a major spokesman for Obama’s reelection campaign.</p><p></p><p>Patrick has sought to embarrass Romney among conservative Republicans by praising his key role in the Massachusetts heath care overhaul. Romney, for his part, has criticized Patrick for policies that Romney contends have pushed up health care costs.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday, Patrick told about 600 business leaders at the Waltham Westin Hotel that the state’s five-year-old health care law has been a success, bringing medical insurance coverage to 98 percent of Massachusetts residents. The next step, he said, is to give doctors, hospitals, and insurers “tools’’ to cut costs.</p><p></p><p>“For five years now, universal coverage has been working in Massachusetts,’’ he said. “And I am proud that we are the model for the affordable care act that the president signed into law last year. But health care premiums continue to increase at an unsustainable rate. It’s not a challenge unique to Massachusetts and it has nothing to do with our health care reform.’’</p><p></p><p>Patrick said a bill he introduced in February aims to ease the cost of insurance premiums for businesses so they can add more jobs to their payrolls.</p><p></p><p>“If they don’t start hiring, we don’t get a recovery,’’ he said. “It’s as simple as that.’’</p><p></p><p>Hearings on Patrick’s bill on premiums are scheduled to begin Monday on Beacon Hill. The bill would give the governor the authority to review contracts between health insurers and health care providers, such as hospitals or doctors’ groups, to determine whether the fees paid to providers are appropriate before approving insurance rates.</p><p></p><p>It would also formalize plans to shift 1.7 million state workers, Medicaid recipients, and other residents with state-subsidized health insurance to a new “global payment’’ system in which providers would be given an annual budget to handle each patient’s care. This would replace the current fee-for-service system that is blamed for driving up costs.<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/05/14/patrick_says_romney_plays_both_sides_on_health_care?page=2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2851a2">Continued...</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 838094, member: 17969"] AV8, The claims I made, are not my claims, but the claims of the current govenor of Mass. Here, in a story on the subject, hear the current gov's own words. [B]Patrick says Romney plays both sides on health care[/B] By [URL='http://search.boston.com/local/Search.do?s.sm.query=Robert+Weisman&camp=localsearch:on:byline:art'][COLOR=#2851a2]Robert Weisman[/COLOR][/URL] Globe Staff [SIZE=1]/[/SIZE] May 14, 2011 WALTHAM — Governor Deval Patrick, calling for tougher measures to control health care costs in Massachusetts, says Mitt Romney was playing politics in a Thursday speech in which the former governor stood by his role in crafting the state’s 2006 health care overhaul law while deriding President Obama’s national effort to expand health care coverage. In an interview after his address yesterday before the annual meeting of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, a business trade group, Patrick suggested Romney’s presidential ambitions were coloring his opinion of the law championed by Obama. “It’s difficult to see how an acknowledged success in Massachusetts can become a presumptive failure nationally,’’ Patrick said. “But you know, this is more about politics than policy.’’ Romney’s campaign staff didn’t have a response to Patrick’s comments yesterday. The two men have traded barbs in recent months as Romney has prepared for his anticipated presidential campaign and Patrick has taken a higher profile as a major spokesman for Obama’s reelection campaign. Patrick has sought to embarrass Romney among conservative Republicans by praising his key role in the Massachusetts heath care overhaul. Romney, for his part, has criticized Patrick for policies that Romney contends have pushed up health care costs. Yesterday, Patrick told about 600 business leaders at the Waltham Westin Hotel that the state’s five-year-old health care law has been a success, bringing medical insurance coverage to 98 percent of Massachusetts residents. The next step, he said, is to give doctors, hospitals, and insurers “tools’’ to cut costs. “For five years now, universal coverage has been working in Massachusetts,’’ he said. “And I am proud that we are the model for the affordable care act that the president signed into law last year. But health care premiums continue to increase at an unsustainable rate. It’s not a challenge unique to Massachusetts and it has nothing to do with our health care reform.’’ Patrick said a bill he introduced in February aims to ease the cost of insurance premiums for businesses so they can add more jobs to their payrolls. “If they don’t start hiring, we don’t get a recovery,’’ he said. “It’s as simple as that.’’ Hearings on Patrick’s bill on premiums are scheduled to begin Monday on Beacon Hill. The bill would give the governor the authority to review contracts between health insurers and health care providers, such as hospitals or doctors’ groups, to determine whether the fees paid to providers are appropriate before approving insurance rates. It would also formalize plans to shift 1.7 million state workers, Medicaid recipients, and other residents with state-subsidized health insurance to a new “global payment’’ system in which providers would be given an annual budget to handle each patient’s care. This would replace the current fee-for-service system that is blamed for driving up costs.[URL='http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/05/14/patrick_says_romney_plays_both_sides_on_health_care?page=2'][COLOR=#2851a2]Continued...[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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