If elected will Romney fine and deny tax credits to those without health care insurance ?

That's what he did in Massachusetts. The health reform law, signed by former governor Mitt Romney in April 2006, states that the penalty for 2007 would be the loss of an individual's personal income tax exemption. This will cost residents who didn't get coverage $219 when they file their 2007 state income tax return. http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2008/01/01/penalties_to_rise_for_shunning_insurance/ DaisyCake...no mis-quote, read the article...what about retirees who saved their whole lives and are now victimized by this law

Public Comments

1. Has ANYTHING good every come form Mass?
2. I hope so. No one should be getting health care at my expense.
3. Oh, nice misquote - it was only people at a certain income threshold ("those who could afford it") who chose not to buy health insurance would get dinged at tax time. The law was that everyone who had a certain amount of income HAD to buy medical insurance, just like everyone in my state has to buy car insurance. And there are penalties for ignoring the law. There's absolutely nothing in your link about people who saved their whole lives and are being penalized. It did say that a number of people signed up for other health benefits for which they were elegible - Medicare, Medicaid, etc. It also said that the penalty by law was 50% of the lowest priced policy available to that individual, but capped at $972 / year. And wouldn't retirees be eligible for Medicare?
4. It won't matter to me, because if he gets elected I'll have to leave this country!
5. Doubtful the US Congress would be so stupid as to pass that idiotic law. Why he doesn't want to fix the PROBLEMS instead of feeding them makes me wonder how bright he is. (Insurance is rife with corruption.) Also not sure how much of a "cost savings" there is to get MORE people on Medicaid or any other similar state program. Bottom line, however, is that this is definitely un-American behavior--enough with the coercion already.