Even Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick say that perhaps the US should not adopt the Massachusetts plan on a national level, according to this June 29, 2009 article in the Boston Globe, "The forbidding arithmetic of healthcare reform".
The arguments they make are primary economic (albeit important ones). For additional perspective, please see my TOS article on the topic, "Mandatory Health Insurance: Wrong For Massachusetts, Wrong For America".
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