The implementation of the program includes “adding one-hundred thousand of the poorest people in Massachusetts to the federal Medicaid rolls; another 200,000 previously uninsured will receive premium assistance to buy low-cost insurance; while an additional 200,000 will be required to sign up for low-cost programs that will be offered by private insurers.”
This revolutionary program will affect an estimated 500,000 people and is of course the first of its kind in the U.S. Critics of the plan are saying, “requiring everyone to carry insurance — a policy known as the "individual mandate'' — erodes an individual's right to choose and is an unacceptable expansion of the state's power.”
Are there actually people in this country who do not think every person should have access to health care regardless of a person’s income? The basic need and right for individuals to be able to take care of their health should not be taken away from anyone.
