The Issues: Health Insurance

As a young mom, with young children, and knowing that I will have more children in the future; the thought of health care these days is almost frightening. However, a certain governor from Massachusetts enacted a plan that was put in motion to make health coverage affordable and nearly universal for the state. This program was implemented the end of 2006, and by May of 2007 nearly 100,000 of those who were uninsured, had gained affordable coverage. You know that governor as Mitt Romney.

From the official Mitt Romney website:

"Rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all, government-run system, we must recognize the importance of the role of the states in leading reform and the need for innovation in dealing with rising health care costs and the problem of the uninsured. By expanding and deregulating the private health insurance market, we can decrease costs and ensure that more Americans have access to affordable, portable, quality, private health insurance."

You can read more on his plan for reducing health care costs here.