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Proud Liberal Dem

(24,353 posts)
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 02:54 PM Aug 2012

Do Republicans in Massachusetts (or elsewhere) want to get rid of "Romneycare"?

or do Republicans just want to make sure it doesn't step foot outside Massachusetts? Just curious because despite being virtually the same basic law (including the dreaded "MANDATE" or "TAX"-depending on how you want to define it) as PPACA, I have not heard anybody seriously complain about "Romneycare" nor call for its repeal (or even challenge it in court) despite all of the stuff that has been flung around PPACA. Is it just a matter of "What becomes law in Massachusetts, stays in Massachusetts?", craven hypocrisy (because a REPUBLICAN championed it and signed it into law), or do Republicans basically believe that people in the other 49 states shouldn't have things any better in their states than Massachusetts does?

Or are there other reason(s) for tolerating it in Massachusetts but not nationally? Do Republicans even realize (or care) that one of their own, Paul Ryan, basically modeled his Medicare deform after PPACA?

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Do Republicans in Massachusetts (or elsewhere) want to get rid of "Romneycare"? (Original Post) Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 OP
related question Enrique Aug 2012 #1
Good question (re: Papa Johns) Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #5
The Republicans I know in MA do not. berni_mccoy Aug 2012 #2
No - It's rather popular here rox63 Aug 2012 #3
Also, Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the US Cali_Democrat Aug 2012 #4
I don't even get the connection (between providing healthcare and killing jobs) Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #6
 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
2. The Republicans I know in MA do not.
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 03:01 PM
Aug 2012

In fact the ones I've talked to like it and are just as perplexed by Romney not taking credit for it more in the campaign.

rox63

(9,464 posts)
3. No - It's rather popular here
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 03:04 PM
Aug 2012

And for all the GOP comments about the ACA being a "job-killer", Mass has an unemployment rate of 6.0%, 2.3% lower than the national average. And we just passed a bill to control the rise in health care costs.

Edit to add: Of course, many Mass Republicans would be considered liberals in other parts of the country. Mittens ran as one of those types of Repubs here, then did a turnabout shortly after he was elected.

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
4. Also, Canada has a lower unemployment rate than the US
Wed Aug 8, 2012, 03:08 PM
Aug 2012

and they have universal healthcare. The notion that providing healthcare to your citizens kills jobs is a complete fabrication by the reich wing.

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