Whether you like Mitt Romney's plan or not, Massachusetts has proven that a state can take care of itself regarding healthcare.
A one-size-fits-all approach to healthcare shoved down our throats is borderline tyranny (especially if the senate uses the "nuclear option"). There isn't a redstate in the Union that wants to swallow the Dems' plan.
I'm tired of Republicans/Libertarians knocking Romney's plan because of government mandates...........they should use Mitt's example of reform with great zeal--I can't find a more perfect example of a state taking initiative....why should we care what Massachusetts' citizens want? We don't need to federalize healthcare--we should avoid doing so at any cost or the eventual price may choke our economy into oblivion (or at least into Europe of the New World).
If states decide their own reform, healthcare will more closely match their citizens' needs and reform will be easier to amend and modify.
Keep the feds out of this one.