Oh and please stop it as to conservatives never having ideas, Obamacare had it's humble beginnings at the Heritage foundation and was first implemented by one version of Romney.
Uh, no it didn't misfit.
MA was paying over $1 billion yearly to bailout hospitals which provided free care (as is required by law). That number was growing yearly with no means to cap it, and most of the folks seeking tx were illegal.
He came up with a plan whereas instead of having money go to unchecked free healthcare, he would subsidize insurance premiums so that everyone had access to healthcare and we would eliminate free care at emergency rooms.
His plan entailed removing costly insurance mandates so that insurance carriers could afford to offer low premium plans. The state would subsidize the premium for the plan based on income. Romney's original plan had a personal responsibility clause, where citizens could opt out and be financially responsible for treatment. The cost to implement this plan? about $500 million or so.
The Heritage foundation, and Paul Ryan for that matter both praised it as an innovative way to address a problem that was bankrupting the Commonwealth of MA. Alas, like most great ideas that meet with up with a super-super-super liberal majority statehouse, it all went by the wayside when they piled on the mandates, and expanded coverage etc. By the time Deval Patrick got a hold of it (by including illegals) it is now not even a shadow of what the original intent of this program was going to be.
That said - this plan all along was created for the Commonwealth of MA. Never at any time did the Heritage Foundation or Paul Ryan approve this as some type of federal model that should be implemented. They would never support a federal program such as Obamacare.
Stop with the bullshit on this already. Either admit you lie or just admit you don't have a blessed clue and no chance of getting one.