Friday, December 3, 2010

We Had A Health Care Mandate In Massachusetts, before Mitt Romney Was Governor

H/T Illinois Guy from RIGHT SPEAK and ROS

That's right, a health care mandate in Massachusetts, before Mitt Romney became governor.

Think about it. Before Mitt Romney passed the Massachusetts Health Care bill, just HOW do you suppose the voluntarily uninsured freeloaders received health care and WHO do you think paid for it?

Well, back in 1986, President Reagan and the GOP passed a national health care bill that provided free emergency room care for everybody in every state , citizen or not, insured or not.

So Now we know the HOW. Walk into any emergency room in any state and you receive free treatment.

Now we get to the WHO had been paying for this? I'm sure most already know the answer, YOU and ME! Higher taxes and higher hospital costs that resulted in the cost of higher insurance premiums. Try asking the tax man and your insurance company to subtract the monies that go towards covering freeloaders from your tax and insurance bills. Tell them you'd rather not pay for that. See what happens. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a response to your liking.

When Mitt Romney became Governor, he saw this, like most tax payers saw this, as unfair and unjust.

So you see, the MA Health Care mandate replaced one that was very unfair and unjust. The pre-MA Health Care mandate forced responsible tax payers to pay for the treatment of the voluntarily uninsured freeloaders. the MA Health Care mandate ended that practice.

The current Massachusetts Health Care mandate ONLY AFFECTS THE FREELOADERS. It doesn't affect responsible tax payers who willingly purchase insurance for themselves and their families.

Guess what? The way I figure it, most of the other states are living under the OLD mandate because of the bill passed during Reagan's administration. Us responsible tax payers in Massachusetts, aren't affected by any health care mandates any more.

Yes sir, that MA Health Care mandate is one of the few things left in PatrickCare that I still like.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Makes a lot of sense to me. If I lived in MA, I would have been for the mandate as well.

zeke

Anonymous said...

I have not been able to figure out a way to eliminate the mandate and also eliminate the pre-existing conditions exclusions. Without the mandate, the pressure on the insurance companies would be too much to bear. How can they stay in business without hiking their premiums to cover the glut of sick people coming on the rolls. They would probably all go out of business or choose to do business elsewhere without the mandate. The mandate helps to spread the risk. Anybody have a better way to insure those with pre-existing conditions without a mandate?

Lori

Anonymous said...

Nice try but I'm not buying it...it's a tax on someone who decides to opt out of purchasing something...end of story. All other avenues should have been exhausted before the free citizen was forced to purchase a product or else be fined...END OF STORY!!!

JR

Bill589 said...

Socialism is never the answer. There are plenty of good ideas without a bigger, more expensive, more powerful government. Mitt made a mistake. I hope he learned from it.

Anonymous said...

SOCIALISM IS WHAT THEY HAD, not what they got with Mass. care, and i'm getting pretty impatient with people claiming to be too stupid to recogize it!

phil said...

cyclin8 said...

SOCIALISM IS WHAT THEY HAD, not what they got with Mass. care, and i'm getting pretty impatient with people claiming to be too stupid to recogize it!


Me to!

Right Wingnut said...

Bosman,

Why are 60,000 people in MA exepmt from the mandate?

Ann said...

Right Wingnut,

Census bureau Massachusetts Pop 6,593,587. 60,000 is less than 1% of the population.

WHO CARES?

Right Wingnut said...

Ann,

The law is the law. Why are they exempt?

BOSMAN said...

Bill,

How is it socialism? I had the same insurance companies to choose from plus a few more. The only people being forced to buy insurance were the DEADBEATS.

BOSMAN said...

JR,

You still paying for the free loaders in your state?

I guess, according to YOU, that's the Price Of Freedom!

HaHaHaHa!

BOSMAN said...

RWN,

I have no idea? Ann has the right idea though, If it's less than 1%, who cares. Also, Patrick added illegals, etc after Romney left. He may have also played with exemptions. It would be interesting to know if the exemptions occurred during Romneycare or PATRICKCARE.

Have fun finding out!

Anonymous said...

I keep repeating this to anyone who will listen. We ALREADY have a mandate to pay for anyone who is uninsured! The "buy your own insurance mandate" stinks, but I like it better than, "You WILL pay for everyone else's health care whether you like it or not!" mandate. In Arizona, that obviously includes the illegals because the feds have no desire to secure the borders.

AZ

kelly said...

I can't argue with this. Good job Bosman.