Tuesday, August 01, 2006
BOSTON - The federal government has given its endorsement to a first-in-the-nation plan in Massachusetts that would need everyone to carry health insurance, officials announced Wednesday.
The state's universal health insurance plan would use a combination of subsidies and penalties to make coverage more reasonable and to encourage people to buy it.
"Our ability to now insure every Massachusetts citizen is a historic achievement for both the commonwealth and the nation," Gov. Mitt Romney said in a statement.
Romney, a Republican allowing for a 2008 White House campaign, signed the state's new health care law in April, and since then it has been under appraisal by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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