2/09/2012

Romney 2006: Health Care Mandates Necessary. To Do Otherwise "would be crazy"

Posted by Brian


Romney on Romneycare: First Subsidize, Then Mandate




(CNSNews.com) - In a presentation about his health-care reform plan delivered at the Heritage Foundationon Jan. 6, 2006, then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said that for his plan to work it would be necessary to first subsidize health insurance for a segment of the population not already receiving government health-care subsidies and then mandate that everyone in the state buy health insurance.
To do otherwise, Romney said, “would be crazy.” His speech was accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation that graphically laid out some of the basics of his proposal and the health insurance situation that then prevailed in Massachusetts.
More at CNS News

Enhanced by Zemanta

No comments:

Post a Comment