Let's pretend MassHealth was something it wasn't

As usual, Jeff Jacoby's presentation of MassHealth is a little skewed.

Governor Willard Romney was purchasing Dunkin' Donuts, one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth that does NOT provide health care for its employees and prevented inclusion of an employer mandate.

Why should anyone reasonably expect a profitable company to provide for its poorly paid employees? After all, WalMart doesn't.


Personal responsibility? How about corporate responsibility?

A recent report indicated that uninsured people using the emergency rooms costs something like $69 billion annually. The exact amount isn't important.

What is important is that it costs each person who has health care, $1,000 to pay for those who are uninsured.

There have been a number of other Constitutional challenges, most have failed, until a judge who was a Bush appointee rendered a flawed decision that seems to have escaped Jeff Jacoby's comprehension.

Universal health care is a concept whose time has long since passed.

The bogey man arguments don't work with everyone.