I guess the first question I have about Mitt Romney’s health care plan is: has it worked?

Mr. Romney defended Mass-Care yesterday in an attempt to confront conservative critics, who blame the Romney plan for helping to usher in Obama Care.

Romney’s major defense seems to be over scope.

“Our plan was a state solution to a state problem and his was a power grab by the federal government to put in place a one-size-fits-all plan across the nation.”

The problem for Mr. Romney is the scope of the plan seems to be the only difference. And that is a difference without a distinction to most observers.

For Romney to aggressively proclaim that his law was good while Obama’s law was bad when they essentially do the same things, well, that doesn’t meet the laugh test.

It is the individual mandate that really makes the blood boil of free-market conservatives. The idea that the government can make you purchase health care seems to many, a step too far, even though it might be the only practical way to deal with rising health care insurance costs.  Read more...