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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Sen. Ed Markey lead resistance to US Senate health care bill
MassLive ^ | June 26, 2017 | Katie Lannan

Posted on 06/26/2017 7:13:58 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker cautioned that a health care bill proposed by U.S. Senate Republicans would cost 264,000 state residents their health coverage and have a cumulative negative impact of more than $8.2 billion on the state by 2025, while Sen. Edward Markey described defeating the bill as the legislative fight of his life.

In a letter to the state's all-Democrat Congressional delegation, Baker, a Republican, wrote that the bill would "increasingly strain the state's fiscal resources, result in greater numbers of individuals without insurance and destabilize the commercial insurance market." He separately joined Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in urging the Senate to give state officials more time to review the bill before it is brought to the floor for a pivotal vote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: baker; charliebaker; ma; massachusetts; romneyagenda; romneycare; romneycare4ever; romneyplant

1 posted on 06/26/2017 7:13:58 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Thankfully Massachusetts is universally seen today as an utterly unimportant state.Princess Liawatha thinks she's important but she's clearly delusional.
2 posted on 06/26/2017 7:20:51 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Comey = The Swamp Fighting Back)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Good! Full repeal baby!


3 posted on 06/26/2017 7:25:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

In honor of your screen name, a guava and cheese puff pastry recipe that sounds delish:
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4 posted on 06/26/2017 7:30:25 PM PDT by GreatRoad
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Baker is a buffoon.


5 posted on 06/26/2017 7:33:47 PM PDT by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

NO REPEAL hurts 33 million children!


6 posted on 06/26/2017 7:38:45 PM PDT by TheNext (SLOW FUND Wall = Trump 2020 Trump Jr 2024 Eric 2032)
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To: nhwingut
Tall Deval will get primaried out and wonder what the bleep happened.
7 posted on 06/26/2017 7:51:16 PM PDT by MGG
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To: GreatRoad

Thank you!! Guava Cheese Puffs are delicious!


8 posted on 06/26/2017 7:57:57 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Meanwhile, everybody else in Massachusetts has seen their health insurance bills go through the roof.


9 posted on 06/26/2017 11:08:05 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker cautioned that a health care bill proposed by U.S. Senate Republicans would cost 264,000 state residents their health coverage and have a cumulative negative impact of more than $8.2 billion on the state by 2025, while Sen. Edward Markey described defeating the bill as the legislative fight of his life.

I do not think that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker knows what he is talking about. He seems to be making bad assumptions about the performance of the proposed new health care law. He seems to be making up a worse case scenario to gain political capital.

It would be constructive if Baker would clearly describe his concerns and what fixes can be made to the proposed legislation. Otherwise he is just blowing smoke and looking just as stupid as the MSM! Is he trying to look smart?

10 posted on 06/27/2017 4:41:38 AM PDT by olezip
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To: Gay State Conservative

Hey, I’m ex-Bay Stater myself.

Whatever happened to Massachusetts’ own RomneyCare?

Has it been completely absorbed in ObamaCare now?

Is the average citizen happy with the cost of Obamacare there?

Just curious.


11 posted on 06/27/2017 4:42:16 AM PDT by poconopundit (FR: Self-Reliant Lovers of Liberty who can't stop the Chatter)
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