“Maine’s new GOP TEA Party governor can’t wait to join the other states who are suiing to overturn this “healthcare” takeover. YES!”
Is he going to deep-six Dirigo health plan? Maine actually was the first out of the box—i.e., before Romneycare—in adopting a government-run health system that allegedly was going to achieve universal coverage. They never even came close and Maine continues to have some of the highest health spending in the nation. Folks in the NE never seem to learn that heavy regulation is not the best strategy for high quality health care that’s affordable.
Not many Mainers signed up for Dirigo....the plan did not succeed in providing coverage to the uninsured. In fact, until I saw your post, I hadn’t seen or heard of the Dirigo plan in a long time. Dirigo, when it existed, was on a much smaller scale than Romneycare in Massachusetts.
Maine’s new governor is VERY conservative....I don’t see him going for anything that resembles socialized medicine, be it Maine’s defunct Dirigo or Obamacare.