I wonder if Jonathan Karl actually read Gingrich's memo. Gingrich's point, is that those who choose to avoid paying for their own health care, and opt for the free medicaid/free health care ticket; a State such as Massachusetts (or any other State) has a right to regulate such provisions.
I agree. It is when the Federal Government starts getiting involved in such a boondoggle that every American should be concerned! It is getting harder and harder to distinguish between Crackpots and Moonbats. Hopefully, Crazy Uncle Ron's fifteen minutes of fame will end in a couple of months. On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:54 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Gingrich ’06 Memo: “Agree Entirely With Gov. Romney” on Health Care > *By Jonathan Karl > Dec 27, 2011 7:41am > > To conservatives, the biggest strike against Mitt Romney is the health > care plan he put in place in Massachusetts, but Newt Gingrich lavished > praise on Romney’s plan after it was passed in 2006. > > “We agree entirely with Governor Romney and Massachusetts legislators that > our goal should be 100 percent insurance coverage for all Americans,” > Gingrich wrote in 2006. > > And, Gingrich wrote, the key to achieving that goal was doing what Romney > did in Massachusetts: Requiring everybody who could afford it to buy > health insurance. In fact, Gingrich makes an impassioned case for the > so-called individual mandate which is also at the center of President > Obama’s health plan on conservative grounds. > > “We also believe strongly that personal responsibility is vital to > creating a 21st Century Intelligent Health System,” Gingrich wrote in the > memo which was found on an old Gingrich website by BuzzFeed’s Andrew > Kaczynski. ”Individuals who can afford to purchase health insurance and > simply choose not to place an unnecessary burden on a system that is on the > verge of collapse; these free-riders undermine the entire health system by > placing the onus of responsibility on taxpayers.” > > * Read the > memo.<http://web.archive.org/web/20060822061158/http:/www.healthtransformation.net/News/E_newsletters/index.cfm?newsletterid=20> > > *Gingrich had some criticisms of the Massachusetts plan including what > he called the state’s over-regulation of health insurers but overall, he > loved it. > > Newt: ”Massachusetts leaders are to be commended for this bipartisan > proposal to tackle the enormous challenge of finding real solutions for > creating a sustainable health system.” > > > http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/gingrich-06-memo-agree-entirely-with-gov-romney-on-health-care/ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
