He wanted to be the Bill Clinton of the Right. He thought that scheme would make Dems look at him the way some looked at GHW "Nudge Wink on Abortion Solely to Please the Gipper; Barb'll Give Ya The Real Scoop" Bush--a 'closet' liberal on some issues. He initially had visions of transitioning the program to a nationwide one.

Now, he has no choice but to run, run, run away from it, and say "Oh, those Commie Dems in Massachusetts wanted it, so I said, oh, what the hell, give it a try--in a STATES' RIGHTS kind of way, of course!"

It's a good program. He signed it, he gets credit for it. There was more than a little input into it, though, from an overwhelmingly Democratic legislature! The most important input was the votes it took to pass it!

What insurance in MA gets you is the delusion that if you get expensively sick, you will be taken care of.

Any plan that leaves private insurance in the mix is a disaster by definition.

It's not the same thing as being paid well to help others.

Since the pubs don't like the affordable care act the 5 r/w supremes will take their marching orders from the KochHeads and kill the law. While it's not as good as single payer it's definitely a step in the right direction and it will be a shamed to lose it.

MA pays above the national average per capita -- I believe in the neighborhood of 12%.

They wanted to clip me for $492/month with a $4000 annual deductible for single person coverage. An outrageous sum of money to give them while the CEO of Blue Cross had just skipped town after skimming $16 million in the form of a golden parachute.

I have avoided the annual penalty the past 4 years by telling them that it was not fair to have draft dodgers like Bush/Cheney taking away my access to VA healthcare, and then having a trust fund baby, another draft dodging wimp, implement Romneycare with a threat to fine me if I did not sign up with an insurance company. From my language they know I'm pissed about losing my VA access, so I'm guessing that is one of the reasons they have waived the fine each year.

And Democrats should promote them much more often, we would be so much better off as a country.