Romney's record on health care examined

Download PDF Copy

Aug 3 2012

News outlets look at presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's style and positions on health care before and after he was governor of Massachusetts.

The Associated Press/Boston Globe: Romney's CEO Style Rankled Mass. lawmakers
What worked for Mitt Romney in the corporate boardroom didn't fly in the more raucous corridors of the Massachusetts Legislature. … A notable exception was Romney's work with Democratic leaders to craft a landmark health care bill, which then launched his 2008 presidential bid. Romney's signature legislative success got a big boost from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, then the state's most powerful Democrat and a passionate advocate for universal health care (Miga and LeBlanc, 8/2).

Kaiser Health News: Mitt Romney On Health Care
KHN has assembled an overview of Mitt Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts and the positions he has taken on the campaign trail (Fleming and Schultz, 8/1).

This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

Posted in: Healthcare News

Comments (0)

Download PDF Copy

Comments

The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of News Medical.

Post a new comment

(Logout)

Post

Sign in to keep reading

We're committed to providing free access to quality science. By registering and providing insight into your preferences you're joining a community of over 1m science interested individuals and help us to provide you with insightful content whilst keeping our service free.