Former GOP Governor (2003-2006); Pres. candidate (2008):
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- Shift Medicaid to states, plus inflation, plus 1%. (Oct 2012)
- Restore $716B in Medicare cuts. (Oct 2012)
- No change to near-retirees; Medicare vouchers for young. (Oct 2012)
- Give young people a choice of Medicare or private insurer. (Oct 2012)
- Develop countermeasures for global pandemics. (Sep 2012)
- Preventive vaccines require robust R&D enterprises. (Sep 2012)
- Official portrait had 2 symbols: his wife, & healthcare. (Jan 2012)
- On choosing providers: "I like being able to fire people". (Jan 2012)
- 2010: Consider single-fee structures, at state level. (Nov 2011)
- Reform Medicare, but don't cancel prescription program. (Sep 2011)
- Health Savings Accounts give patients stake in health costs. (Sep 2011)
- Cap medical malpractice punitive damages at $500,000. (Jun 2011)
- Get everyone some form of catastrophic health coverage. (Jan 2008)
- FactCheck: Untrue that 47M uninsured want to “not play”. (Jan 2008)
- Personal responsibility instead of employer mandates. (Dec 2007)
- Let states create their own private, market-based insurance. (Oct 2007)
- Same tax treatment if people buy insurance without employers. (Oct 2007)
- Conservative idea: individual responsibility for health care. (Aug 2007)
- Insure 45 million uninsured with a free-market based system. (Aug 2007)
- Pharmaceutical companies create products to make us better. (Jan 2006)
- Subsidies for health coverage for low-income individuals. (Mar 2002)
- Voluntary purchasing pools. (Mar 2002)
ObamaCare
- Repeal Obamacare; Federal-state partnerships instead. (Apr 2019)
- Idea for opt-in health exchanges adopted by ObamaCare. (May 2018)
- ObamaCare has unelected board making health decisions. (Oct 2012)
- ObamaCare is too expensive, and it has killed jobs. (Oct 2012)
- State targets for insurance, to replace ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
- ObamaCare drives medical device jobs overseas. (Sep 2012)
- Obama cut Medicare by $500B to pay for ObamaCare. (Feb 2012)
- Romney healthcare stances compared to Obama. (Jan 2012)
- Return healthcare to states, under the 10th Amendment. (Dec 2011)
- No FEDERAL individual mandate; but state mandate ok. (Dec 2011)
- ObamaCare waivers on Day One; repeal bill on Day Two. (Oct 2011)
- ObamaCare has enormous differences from RomneyCare. (Sep 2011)
- On Day One, ObamaCare waivers to all 50 states. (Sep 2011)
- ObamaCare's biggest difference: I believe in 10th Amendment. (Aug 2011)
- MA Constitution allows mandate; US Constitution does not. (Aug 2011)
- ObamaCare's power grab won't work; Obama didn't ask me. (Jun 2011)
RomneyCare
- I care about 100% of people; & insured 98% of adults in MA. (Oct 2012)
- RomneyCare was bipartisan; ObamaCare was pushed through. (Oct 2012)
- RomneyCare is national model, but only state by state. (Oct 2012)
- OpEd: RomneyCare courageous but not for every state. (Apr 2012)
- 2006: individual mandate is a Republican approach. (Dec 2011)
- Over 98% of MA residents now have healthcare. (Nov 2011)
- 2008: Individual mandate ok; free ride is not. (Nov 2011)
- My plan right for MA but wrong for rest of country. (Nov 2011)
- RomneyCare intended as state plan; never as national model. (Sep 2011)
- In MA, we addressed only the 8% who were uninsured. (Sep 2011)
- I stand by what I did in Massachusetts. (Sep 2011)
- If people of MA don't like RomneyCare, they can change it. (Jun 2011)
- 2006 lessons: involve everyone; demonize none; transparency. (Mar 2010)
- People without insurance already receive care via E.R. (Mar 2010)
- 2006: Compromise with Ted Kennedy to make RomneyCare reality. (Mar 2010)
- Base health care system on free choice & private medicine. (Feb 2009)
- Mandating citizens to buy health insurance is conservative. (Jan 2008)
- FactCheck: MA employers have no mandates, but “requirements”. (Dec 2007)
- FactCheck: No, MA healthcare plan is not paid for, yet. (Dec 2007)
- Removing most mandates drove down premium cost by half. (Oct 2007)
- FactCheck: HillaryCare closer to RomneyCare than “all gov’t”. (Oct 2007)
- FactCheck: MA plan works, but Romney not proposing it for US. (Oct 2007)
- Get everybody insured with state-based market dynamics. (Oct 2007)
- MA plan blends personal responsibility & universal coverage. (Aug 2007)
- FactCheck: Romney plan virtually identical to Obama plan. (Jun 2007)
- MA program relies on personal responsibility & the market. (Jun 2007)
- MA health plan insures all without taxes or socialization. (May 2007)
- FactCheck: MA plan not yet in place so analysis premature. (May 2007)
- Signal accomplishment as Governor is MA insurance reform. (Mar 2007)
- MA reform focuses on individual responsibility (via fines). (Mar 2007)
- State universal coverage plan is national test case. (Apr 2006)
- MA state health insurance plan lowered costs. (Jan 2006)
- Mandates on health insurance work in Massachusetts. (Jan 2006)
- Repeal healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
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