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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1380828" data-attributes="member: 45230">Let&#039;s first make a key distinction:&nbsp; it is sloppy thinking to call the Massachusetts Health Care Bill &quot;RomneyCare&quot;, since he did not accept a number of items that were forced in by the 85% Democratic legislature, plus the courts added in some items.So, we need to remove what the legislature overrode if we are to see what RomneyCare (which would be what would have happened if his vetoes worked and he didn&#039;t have an 85% Democratic legislature) actually is. He insisted on no new taxes.He vetoed any employer fees.&nbsp; (Legislature overrode it.)He insisted on a free market.&nbsp; (That part was accepted.)There was no change in health insurance held already by the insureds.There was no government run program.The cost was less than 1% of the state budget.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost neutral or close to it.The only &quot;mandate&quot; that Romney put in was a cost sharing provision for &quot;free riders&quot;; he vetoed any fees for businesses (the 85% Democratic legislature overrode).&nbsp; This is dramatically different than ObamaCare.From the link I posted which you tried to ignore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1380828, member: 45230"] Let's first make a key distinction: it is sloppy thinking to call the Massachusetts Health Care Bill "RomneyCare", since he did not accept a number of items that were forced in by the 85% Democratic legislature, plus the courts added in some items. So, we need to remove what the legislature overrode if we are to see what RomneyCare (which would be what would have happened if his vetoes worked and he didn't have an 85% Democratic legislature) actually is. He insisted on no new taxes. He vetoed any employer fees. (Legislature overrode it.) He insisted on a free market. (That part was accepted.) There was no change in health insurance held already by the insureds. There was no government run program. The cost was less than 1% of the state budget. Cost neutral or close to it. The only "mandate" that Romney put in was a cost sharing provision for "free riders"; he vetoed any fees for businesses (the 85% Democratic legislature overrode). This is dramatically different than ObamaCare. From the link I posted which you tried to ignore. [/QUOTE]

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