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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 11:54 AM
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28. Really? His
Edited on Wed May-25-11 11:56 AM by ProSense
campaign must be really good to have convinced you of that.

RomneyCare maybe an albatross around Romney's neck in trying to win the GOP primary, but there is no such thing. The Mass health care became law despite Romney's veto:

In fall 2005 the House and Senate each passed health care reform bills.

The legislature made a number of changes to Governor Romney's original proposal, including expanding MassHealth (Medicaid and SCHIP) coverage to low-income children and restoring funding for public health programs. The most controversial change was the addition of a provision which requires firms with 11 or more workers that do not provide "fair and reasonable" health coverage to their workers to pay an annual penalty. This contribution, initially $295 annually per worker, is intended to equalize the free care pool charges imposed on employers who do and do not cover their workers. The legislature also rejected Governor Romney's proposal to permit even higher-deductible, lower benefit health plans.

On April 12, 2006 Governor Mitt Romney signed the health legislation.<19> He vetoed 8 sections of the health care legislation, including the controversial employer assessment.<20> Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid.<21><22> The legislature promptly overrode six of the eight gubernatorial section vetoes, on May 4, 2006, and by mid-June 2006 had overridden the remaining two.


Also, you have evidence that a GOP Congress wants to close Guantanamo, support equal pay and repeal DOMA?

Please share.


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