Anyone curious about the future of health care in the United States
needn't look much further than Massachusetts, which already has its own
form of health care reform—Romneycare.
Signed into law in 2006 by
then governor and later GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the
measure had backing from both political parties and became a blueprint
of sorts for Obamacare—which goes into full effect next year.
There
are some some key differences between the two laws: For example,
Romneycare has lower penalty fees, lower numbers of workers before
insurance is mandated for small companies, and it's funded differently.
But Romneycare provides at least a small window for what's coming in
2014, say analysts.
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