Perhaps President Obama’s greatest legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, was made possible by an unlikely person: Gov. Mitt Romney.
“The Affordable Care Act is a Massachusetts bill with three more zeros,” MIT professor John Gruber, one of the architects of the Massachusetts bill quipped on The Ed Show Wednesday. “It really is a similar approach.”
Gruber and his Harvard colleague John McDonough, who was also instrumental in the writing the Massachusetts bill, were often consulted in the crafting of Obamacare, Gruber said, and the plans have a lot in common.
“John and I were constantly shuttling back and forth being asked ‘how did you do it in Massachusetts?’”
But it was Romneycare's overwhelming success in Massachusetts that really helped to pave the way for the ACA.
“The success we had in Massachusets was instrumental in making politicans feel more comfortable in what they were about to do [with ACA]," Gruber said. "Romneycare had two goals: They wanted to cover the uninsured, we’ve covered nearly all our uninsured, and they wanted to fix the broken non-group market. Premiums in our non-group market have fallen by more than 50 percent.”
Of course, you wouldn't know it from Romney's rhetoric on the issue. He says he wants to repeal Obamacare, while rarely talking about his own law.
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Ed Schultz, and his Team, are superb, with any conversations dealing with state, or state/federal interrelationship, issues. Gives precise clarity, and only pushes the facts, beyond the pale, every once and a while. ☺
In this conversation, I thought that Ed and John stayed well within the known facts and provided a very informative segment.
So ................ Romney's record is:
Did I miss anything?
It is good that this info is coming out before the Conventions. It gives the Republicans a chance to rethink things, which I doubt will happen. The only winners for the Republicans to win is all the voter suppression going on, and I hope the justice department can get this to the Supreme Court to Block these moves Before the election and the election moves forward under old rules. If it doesn't I would hope the Democrats cry "foul" and sue to have the election Nullified because of all the suppression. Even the conservatives on the Federal Supreme court would have to nullify the results. They did it with the Affordable health care law.
There is a significant difference between a state, with the support of its residents passing Health Care Reform and a President passing a Nation Wide Bill against the will of the people. What is it you don't understand about that, We the People DO NOT Want Obamacare.
What is it you don't understand, you are not we the people.
Chris, You know as well as I the Obamacare was passed against the will of the people. That point has been made time after time with National Polls.
George Bush was installed twice over the will of the people. How come that didn't bother you?
Bush, Bush, Bush, lol
ED, How about a story about Obama attempting to artificially increase the cost of meat for us Middle Class Consumers in order to by the votes of the Ranchers? It is bad enough Obama's energy policies have driven up the cost of every thing, now he wants to artificially inflatethe cost of food. I don't think Obama will be happy until we are all on Food Stamps. I wish I owned a 10,000 acre farm so I could sell it and have enough money to survive Obama.
Ed, what about a story about right-wing posters on your blog that come here every day to harass and annoy the bloggers here with lies and propaganda straight out of Fox Propaganda and the Drudge Report? I'm sure your audience would be interested.
LMAO
Obama Faring Poorly Among Americans On Economic Issues
By Staff|8/16/2012 10:10 AM
Americans still doubt President Barack Obama’s approach to the U.S. economy, according to a new Gallup poll.
60 percent of respondents said that they disapprove of how the President is managing the economy while 64 percent say that the President faring poorly when it comes to the budget and deficit. Only 36 percent and 30 percent of those polled said they approve of the President on the economy and budget issues respectively.
The President receives similarly low marks on job creation, with 37 percent saying they approve and 54 percent saying that they disapprove.
Combating terrorism appears to be the President’s top issue. 58 percent said the President is doing well while only 35 percent said that they disapprove.
1. Obama raised beef prices? Prove it!
2. A lack of any energy policy is do to Congress.
3. As a Republican, please tell me that you're some Tea Partier that will dry up and blow away after the First Tuesday in November.
Hey Ed, why not talk about Obama CUTTING OVER 700 BILLION FROM MEDICARE TO FUND OBAMACARE? Did that little FACT slip your mind or are you just being a good little shill for the Obama Administration?
Dave,
Obama did not cut $716,000,000,000 from Medicare. If you read exactly what the ACA you'll understand. But, something tells me that you rather believe the mindless drivel from Mutt Romney's mouth. There are a few intelligent Republicans that see Romney and Ryan for exactly what they are, snake oil salesmen.
I guess you think that the ppl on FB never look back at what has been said on there page and profile. I have never ever said there is anything I like about the romney's. I think miit is a sorry, lying SOB and his hagg is just as bad and stupid. Do not post anything that is not what I said. You try to lead others the wrong way by misleading them. Any veteran in their right mind would not vote for him. Any woman in her right mind would not vote for him. What I said was mitt is against Obamacare but has the same thing in Mass. He is a liar and there is no truth in him. If I see a post like this again saying I like anything that I don't then I will take further actions. I don't like mitt, his hagg or his disrepectful mutts. I don't like anything he has ever done except shut his mouth and sit down.