Massachusetts Health Care Video and Articles

Romney’s Opportunity in South Carolina

11 Jan 2012

…and Tea Party supporters who find Romney’s Massachusetts health care plan too reminiscent of today's ObamaCare…
…alternative approaches. Most states don’t like his Massachusetts health care—fine, Mr. Romney doesn’t pretend to know… ...

Health Care Law Briefs At Supreme Court

07 Jan 2012

…only increase the importance of the law in the Republican primary season, as the brief cites with approval the Massachusetts health care law passed with the support of Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney when he was governor of that state. "Massachusetts… ...

Gingrich Holds Own At Iowa Debate

11 Dec 2011

…she said, turning their two names into one. Perry jumped in, charging that Romney had once said that his Massachusetts health care plan, which includes a mandate, should be a model for the nation. That prompted Romney to offer a $10… ...

GOP contenders turn fire on each other

19 Oct 2011

…who lost his bid for a third Senate term six years ago, often played the aggressor. Noting that Romney's Massachusetts health care program had required residents to obtain medical insurance, Santorum said, "Your plan was the basis for Obamacare… ...

Romney Takes On Social Issues

02 Oct 2011

…if he becomes president. Appearing on Mike Huckabee's Fox News show on Saturday, Romney also defended his Massachusetts health care plan, saying he would have backed an amendment to the state constitution to prevent the state from subsidizing… ...

Perry Critics Sending Mixed Messages

19 Sep 2011

…said he supports Bachmann and wants to be convinced of Romney's conservative credentials. Romney's Massachusetts health care record "is very damning to him, as well as some of his changing positions on major issues like abortion… ...

Perry Criticizes Romney Health Plan

15 Sep 2011

…criticism of Perry, who leads in national polls in the Republican race for president. Perry is saying the 2006 Massachusetts health care bill, which required residents to buy insurance, is like the measure signed by President Barack Obama last… ...

New Study:"Romneycare" cost MA 18K jobs

15 Sep 2011

…study are not good news for former Gov. Romney, now a 2012 Republican presidential hopeful. His work on the Massachusetts health-care plan is already frequently criticized by conservative Republicans. Read more: http://www.bostonherald… ...

Paul Supporters Get Personal in Ad

12 Sep 2011

…up on a stage. "This pretty boy or that pretty boy. Mitt Romney, who was praised by Barack Obama for his Massachusetts health care program, or Rick Perry, who applauded Hillary Clinton's health care plan." The ad then plugs Paul as the… ...

Perry Attacks Romney on Healthcare

25 Aug 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry criticized rival Mitt Romney's Massachusetts' health care plan Thursday, saying it presented his 2012 rival with a "huge problem." ...

Obama Swipes at Republican Challengers

15 Aug 2011

…requirement that Americans buy health insurance. "It's like they got amnesia." Obama was apparently referring to Massachusetts health care reform, which Romney signed into law support as governor of that state in 2006. Romney has since distanced… ...

Analysis of first major GOP debate

13 Jun 2011

…debate stage, at first sidestepped a chance to repeat his recent criticism of Romney in connection with the Massachusetts health care law that Romney signed as governor. It includes a requirement for residents to purchase coverage, a forerunner… ...

Giuliani Slams Romney's Health Care Law

02 Jun 2011

…candidates and said he will decide whether to enter the race by the end of the summer. Giuliani's remarks on the Massachusetts health care program -- Romney's biggest liability with Republican primary voters -- are some of the harshest from a… ...

White House, Romney Spar on Healthcare

13 May 2011

…the 2012 election. But the president's political team doesn't want Romney to gain any momentum, and the Massachusetts health care law causes problems for the former governor with Republican primary voters. Wall Street Journal ...

Santorum Takes Shot At Romney

12 May 2011

Finally. After months of false starts, former US Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania took one of the first clear shots of the Republican presidential primary, slamming Mitt Romney on Thursday for defending the Massachusetts health care law he signed as governor. ...

'RomneyCare' Reaches Fifth Anniversary

11 Apr 2011

With the fifth anniversary of the Massachusetts health care law on Tuesday, Mitt Romney is receiving lavish praise, tongue firmly in cheek, from Democrats in the primary battle state of… ...

Romney Readies 2012 Presidential Bid

11 Apr 2011

…still ahead." Romney's announcement comes a day before the fifth anniversary of his 2006 signing of the Massachusetts health care law. It also comes as Democrats in New Hampshire are unleashing a media blitz to commemorate the legislation… ...

Wide-Open GOP Field Spurs Dark Horses

15 Jan 2011

…backing Cain. Most top Republican prospects are flawed in the eyes of many conservatives. Romney championed a Massachusetts health care overhaul that has drawn the ire of the right. Palin is seen as too divisive by many in Republican Party ranks… ...