RomneyCare; Is it really a failure

The spin continues…

Some out there in Republican land say so what, he ran, he lost, his Romney Care has destroyed his White house bid, ok next victim.

Not so fast!! What are your facts?

Serious investigative work by factcheck.org Managing Editor Lori Robertson has uncovered recent findings.

http://factcheck.org/2011/03/romneycare-facts-and-falsehoods/

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“As the 2012 presidential campaign gets under way in just a few months (believe it or not), we expect to see an increasing number of attacks on so-called “RomneyCare.” So as part primer and part preemptive fact-checking, this article is our attempt to set the record straight. We found:

• The major components of the state and federal law are similar, but details vary. The federal law put a greater emphasis on cost-control measures, for instance. Massachusetts is just now tackling that.
• The state law was successful on one big goal: A little more than 98 percent of state residents now have insurance.
• Claims that the law is “bankrupting” the state are greatly exaggerated. Costs rose more quickly than expected in the first few years, but are now in line with what the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation had estimated.
• Small-business owners are perhaps the least happy stakeholders. Cheaper health plans for them through the state exchange haven’t materialized, as they hoped.
• Despite claims to the contrary, there’s no clear evidence that the law had an adverse effect on waiting times. In fact, 62 percent of physicians say it didn’t.
• Public support has been high. One poll found that 68.5 percent of non-elderly adults supported the law in 2006; 67 percent still do.

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The left will not just spin my conservative friends. They will lie, cheat, use trashmouth politics to destroy all Republican candidates. If you wish to believe that RomneyCare is an abject failure. , then you are buying the spin.

All the Republican field of candidates are terrific and I wish them all well.  But don’t be out there buying the spin without doing your homework.  Get the facts.