A health care plan that works

Greg Cornell
Published: June 14, 2008

Health Care is once again a public talking point since we are in an election year. Obama is gaining a following by promising to deliver health care, along with every other feel good entitlement anyone could want.

If people really wanted a working healthcare plan, they would have looked to Romney. The skeptics for a national healthcare plan have concerns that the federal government would just do the job poorly as
they have done with so many other things. The No Child Left Behind Act is a perfect example of a great idea, implemented poorly. Had it been the responsibility of the individual states, it would have most
likely had greater success.

Massachusetts now has a state based healthcare plan that was developed under Mitt Romney with the help of the state legislators, both Democrat and Republican. Now we have a working model.
Congress is not likely to ever agree on a plan, leaving the uninsured Americans to be continually uninsured. Let’s give Congress an easy way out. Congress could propose a bill to require All states to
follow Romney’s example for a state based health care system. Every state would be required to have a healthcare system within three years or lose federal funding. Congress could say they’ve resolved
the issue and pretend they’ve actually accomplished something. Health care on a state by state basis is likely to be more successful.

The states could look at the Romney plan as a working model and modify it based on their states’ economical structures. The states could easily tweak their plans as time goes on far easier than our
federal government could ever agree to making a change. The Romney plan is fiscally intelligent and is not a tax burden on the people or the government like the proposed federal plans are likely to be.

GREG CORNELL

Nokesville