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In reply to the discussion: No, Obamacare Wasn't a "Republican" Proposal [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)32. Robert Reich
"Thirty years later a Republican governor, Mitt Romney, made Nixon's plan the law in Massachusetts. Private insurers couldn't have been happier although many Democrats in the state had hoped for a public system."
...is free to disagree with the facts. Democrats made significant changes to Mitt Romney's proposal. In fact, Romney opposed those changes, and upon signing the bill into law, vetoed them. Romney's vetoes were overturned by the legislature.
In Fall 2005, the House and Senate each passed health care insurance 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.
On April 12, 2006, Governor Mitt Romney signed the health legislation.[23] Romney vetoed eight sections of the health care legislation, including the controversial employer assessment.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform#Legislation
On April 12, 2006, Governor Mitt Romney signed the health legislation.[23] Romney vetoed eight sections of the health care legislation, including the controversial employer assessment.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_health_care_reform#Legislation
Here's how the veto was reported:
Mitt Romney health care vetoes overturned by Massachusetts House (Mitt Romney Archive, 2006)
By The Republican Newsroom
This story from The Republicans archive is part of our look back at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys years in Massachusetts politics: as Senate candidate, gubernatorial candidate and governor. It was published on April 26, 2006.
By The Associated Press
BOSTON Sending a sharp rebuke to Gov. W. Mitt Romney, House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to overturn his vetoes to the state's landmark health-care law, including the controversial $295 fee on businesses that don't offer insurance.
The predominantly Democratic House broke from debate of the state budget to begin the override process, first voting to restore a portion of the law guaranteeing dental benefits to Medicaid recipients.
The House overrides had been expected, and Senate President Robert Travaglini said yesterday that he expects the Senate will override all eight of Romney's vetoes. The Republican governor's spokesman said the differences were not essential to the larger goal of health care coverage.
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http://www.masslive.com/mitt-romney-archive/index.ssf/2012/04/gov_mitt_romney_health_care_ve.html
By The Republican Newsroom
This story from The Republicans archive is part of our look back at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys years in Massachusetts politics: as Senate candidate, gubernatorial candidate and governor. It was published on April 26, 2006.
By The Associated Press
BOSTON Sending a sharp rebuke to Gov. W. Mitt Romney, House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly yesterday to overturn his vetoes to the state's landmark health-care law, including the controversial $295 fee on businesses that don't offer insurance.
The predominantly Democratic House broke from debate of the state budget to begin the override process, first voting to restore a portion of the law guaranteeing dental benefits to Medicaid recipients.
The House overrides had been expected, and Senate President Robert Travaglini said yesterday that he expects the Senate will override all eight of Romney's vetoes. The Republican governor's spokesman said the differences were not essential to the larger goal of health care coverage.
- more -
http://www.masslive.com/mitt-romney-archive/index.ssf/2012/04/gov_mitt_romney_health_care_ve.html
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Man, Stuart Butler sure gets around. While working for CATO, he also wrote the seminal document
El_Johns
Jan 2014
#20
I remember hearing that a robust public option would be a condition of signing the bill.
pa28
Jan 2014
#40
It's called negotiation, where you start at the end point and give away from there.
ScottyEss
Jan 2014
#45
KEY COMPONENTS were ESSENTIALLY proposed by R's long ago, and it is very SIMILAR to RomneyCare.
RBInMaine
Jan 2014
#9
ACA is almost an exact copy of Bob Dole's Republican alternative plan during the 1992-93
JCMach1
Jan 2014
#25
Thanks for posting. I'm tired of hearing that crud too. Republicans wanted nothing.
Hoyt
Jan 2014
#26
The Heritage Foundation cheerfully attended Romney's signing ceremony for RomneyCare,
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2014
#27
Obama as candidate wildly opposed a mandate, mocked it, characterized it as theft, hung it
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#51