Posted on 08/12/2007 3:03:53 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
I guess so if you're a polygamist with six wives and nineteen kids.
I'm just sayin'......
What ever works. I posted the link to the Statute for Mitt Care. Look at and see how big the screwing will be.
What astounds me is that anyone claiming to be a Republican could ever sign such legislation.
Mitt Care does not address the unfairness in the Federal Tax Code to the self employed and the free-bee that you get if you work for a Large Corp.
Also, one rule of insurance is it has to be offered to a "Natural Group". For so many years in my mind, Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition and so many like groups (and liberal halls of faith) are "natural groups". Ok, they care so much about access,why aren't they offering group plans to their flock or members?...
GWB's proposal essentially gets rid of "third party payer", and is brilliant in my opinion.
Mitt's to me makes the State of Ma. the sugar daddy third party payer.
I hear through the grapevine many small businesses in MA have dropped coverage already because of this boondoggle.
With all do respect to the Heritage Foundation that had their hand in this...
You are going to look at this as a national model?
Does anyone here remember Auto Insurance in MA, i.e the "No Fault" law that got Western Mass to subsidize Boston's outrageous rates?
Do you realize USAA and Gieco will not do auto business in MA? What does that tell you.......
One thing about the march towards the ‘Communist States of America’, they will solve the border problem at a greatly reduced cost by simply gunning ‘em down.
There is a huge different between encouraging companies to provide benefits, and mandating it. Or between encouraging insurance companies to make insurance affordable and accessible to people so they can buy their own, and mandating folks to buy a poor product that they don’t need. Those who really need medical coverage the most are not able to buy it anyway, Or won’t. Healthy people do not use it. At least not these policies that are being mandated. Healthy people who are not on the public dole, cannot visit a doctor enough to meet the deductibles. So how is that not socialized medicine?
Self employed folks should really join their local Chamber of Commerce. They can then get a group rate through their membership.
Ah but rnadita, he didn’t just sign it.
It was his baby!!
Bingo Gidget, because they are a “natural group” can so be offered one a group rate!
They can’t, neither can a lot of others. All of MA pays for the boondoggle of bad drives in Boston. They claim “It wasn’t “FAIR” the standard way. Not only that, but if an insurance company cannot do business in MA for car insurance, (they would want to lower the rates we can’t have that!) then they cannot sell other insurance in MA either. So there are less insurance companies offering these health care plans.
I have been telling my brother in law this for years!
“This is link to the Mass statues for Romney Care. It creates government jobs with new committees, builds more opportunity for corruption, as if Mass does not have enough and was never voted on by the tax payers.”
Wait...
Are you saying Mitt:
1. Grew the size of government
2. Created new committees
3. Circumvented taxpayer approval
???
I thought Mitt was a conservative?
The lesser of two evils is still evil. Mitt is a power grubbing weasel who will say or do anything to be president. He has no more principles than an alley cat.
Thank you! Aptly said.
From first hand experience, I can attest that even the Chamber of Commerce group rate is no bargain - far from it. But to be sure, it is cheaper than an individual policy rate.
It's Taxpayer money!
Remember them? They aren't exactly a box full o' Liberals.
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