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MA health care legislation; dumb and dumber and how to fix it.

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This is an article about RomneyCare, but with the passage and upholding of ACA it behooves all Americans to pay attention.   We have in front of our eyes an amazing example of politicians taking a problem, analyzing it and then proposing stupendously awful "solutions".   Republicans defend Romney suggesting that universal care would have been passed in Massachusetts and he salvaged it, while Democrats criticize Romney for not going far enough and leaving the one party in power to fix up his mess.  Shocker, both are wrong.  Let us look at the problem and discuss a solution! Deval Patrick recently signed legislation that will control costs for MA residents.  Apparently it was a huge surprise to folks that intervention of strong-arm policies to insure everyone has lead to significant problems.  A quick look at what has transpired in the State. While there are many ways to examine quality with certain indicators being debatable, one is clear and concise. Access.  The qui