Massachusetts not happy with RomneyCare
RomneyCare, often used by Democrats as the model for health care and insurance reform, isn't so popular in Massachusetts:
Twenty-six percent (26%) of Massachusetts voters say their state’s health care reform effort has been a success. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that 37% say the reform effort has been a failure, while another 37% are not sure.You can read more about the state's problems with RomneyCare here. In my opinion, this is the one reason Mitt Romney should never be the Republican Party nominee for President.Only 10% of Bay State voters say the quality of health care has gotten better as a result of the reform plan while 29% say it has gotten worse. Most (53%) say the quality of care has not changed.
As for cost, 21% say the reform has made health care more affordable in Massachusetts. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say health care is now less affordable while 44% see no change.
H/T: Club for Growth
Comments
A minor quibble, but as a former Boston resident and constitutent of Mitt Romney's it makes me crazy when people call Massachusetts' universal healthcare coverage plan "RomneyCare." Romney opposed universal healthcare in MA, even vetoed much of the plan when it came across his desk, and only had his executive branch implement the plan begrudgingly after his vetoes were overridden by the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature. Then he ran for President and suddenly decided to take credit for the program he'd been fighting all these years. He deserves neither credit nor blame, since the plan was obviously getting passed either with or without his approval.
(Though, if he wants to claim credit for something he didn't do, then I do suppose he can receive the blame if it turns out badly.)
Posted by: Sara | June 29, 2009 03:59 PM