Monday, November 26, 2007

Massachusetts Plan Coming to Delaware?

By Marc Kilmer

Categories: Delaware, Massachusetts

One of the Democrats running for Delaware's governor, State Treasurer Jack Markell, has unveiled his health care plan and it sounds remarkable similar to the Massachusetts model. It has an individual mandate and a state-managed "connector" system. It would also institute "guaranteed issue" in the health insurance marketplace.

With the variety of problems appearing in Massachusetts, it's amazing that politicians continue to try and enact similar programs in other states. Markell's website has a variety of footnotes, facts, and figures providing background for his plan. With all that research going into it, you'd think he'd stumble across the many news stories and commentary pieces exposing the flaws of the Massachusetts Plan. I guess he and his staff aren't regular readers of statehousecall.org.