I guess I will catch hell for this one,but, Maine and vermont dont have the citizens that cause a problem with health care. I dont think it will work in massachusetts because they Do have many of the problem children
Maine and Vermont dont have that many poor white and poor blacks and illegals immigrants who will kill the healthcare program. They have fairly well to do citizens mostly white who dont go to hospitals for a head cold instaed of going to a doctor.
It may actually work in Maine and Vermont.
I think that makes sense. That's why "universal health care" will kill us all. One size does NOT fit all.
Look at any southwestern state and the problems they've had with illegals forcing the closures of hospitals and emergency rooms. Wisconsin isn't that far behind...we have a lot of illegals here due to our agriculture base which draws migrant workers from spring through final frost.
Heck, I even remember my Grandma putting together boxes of food, toys, clothing, blankets...all sorts of stuff for migrant workers in her area over 35 years ago! She had a heart of gold, but she'd be amazed at how things are today in her little "carrot and potato growing town" if she were still alive.
California is illegal alien heaven. We're already paying for the health care and everything else for several million illegals, and this will encourage even more to come.
It seems that Arnold of California has changed his tune and bought into the GWBush "compassionate conservatism" agenda, apparently with his liberal wife's approval.
Believe it or not, Maine does have a significant population of immigrants -especially poor Somali refugees. Vermont's population, while extremely "white", is also rapidly aging due to an exodus of young people facing a lack of employment opportunities, as well as an influx of retirees from New York, southern New England and California. Both states have high taxes that will only get worse. By some accounts, Maine already has the most heavily taxed citizens in the country.
We have a very poor and very elderly population here in Maine. This program will bankrupt the state and it wont take long.
Maine doesn't???!!! The Governor brought in over 1,200 Somali's living in Lewiston, Maine. Last I heard, only 45 of them were working. The rest are sucking off of our welfare system.
Maine is the second poorest state in the Union, right behind Tennessee. I'd say we have a problem.....