The reason Gov. Romney passed Romneycare as governor of Massachusetts in 2006 was because many Republicans viewed health care reform mandates and all as a way to inoculate against Democratic charges that Republicans didn't care about people who lacked health insurance.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
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But at the end of the day we need to represent the taxpayers who have made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies – they don't have a pension – they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits be shredded.
