Jul 07
This is an old post , with a few revisions, but I thought it was worthwhile to go back and look at it again. In 2006 , then Governor Mitt Romney, with the assistance of Senator Ted Kennedy and a largely Democrat legislature, passed the first of its kind universal health care plan in Massachusetts . The law mandated coverage, while taxing those that opted out of coverage heavily. The state offered subsidies to low income individuals, taxed businesses, and set up a state system cal
