It's safe to say that the drive for universal insurance in Massachusetts is likely to remain a top story in healthcare news this week. Gov. Mitt Romney's plan to reform the state's health insurance industry is a front page story on newspapers across the country and generating vigorous debate in the nation's Op-Ed pages.
The Boston Globe follows up on yesterday's developments with a pair of new reports. The first notes that premiums under the new Massachusetts law may be a little more expensive than predicted. The paper quotes insurance executives who say plans are likely to run $325 for individuals and twice that for families. That's about $125 more than expected. The second piece argues that for moderate Republican Governor Mitt Romney, the bill is indeed a career maker or breaker. Angry conservative groups are calling the law classic "Big Government" and "paternalism."
- read this article from the Boston Globe
- see this article from the Boston Globe on Romney's political future