No Miracle in Massachusetts
James C. Capretta, Ethics and Public Policy Center

National Review Online

"Having promised lavish subsidies for expansive health insurance, it seems state
officials in Massachusetts have finally begun to admit that their health care
reform program, passed in 2006, is unaffordable for the state's taxpayers,
writes Capretta.

There are lessons here for the unfolding debate in Washington, writes Capretta.
The Obama team is essentially pursuing the Massachusetts political strategy --
cover everybody first with a massive new entitlement program and worry about
imposing cost controls later.

But make no mistake: If President Obama succeeds, he and the Congress will be
back in a year or two or three -- when the coverage train has already left the
station -- to say the financial future of the country depends on agreeing to
government-imposed cost constraints, just as Massachusetts officials are doing
today..."

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