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January 19, 2006

"Fair Share" Editorial and Op-Ed Roundup

The Kaiser Family Foundation recently posted a summary of a number of editorials and op-eds addressing the Maryland General Assembly’s override of the Governor’s veto of the Fair Share Health Care Act. Their roundup points to pieces from the Wall Street Journal, Des Moines Register, Manchester Union Leader, Washington Examiner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and more.

A great summary, but they missed a couple of my personal favorites.

The Washington Post: “The Maryland bill is a legislative mugging masquerading as an act of benevolent social engineering.”

The Baltimore Business Journal: ” It does nothing to address Maryland’s growing health care crisis. The fear is that we, as a state, are spending too much time on this foolishness and not enough on real solutions. Many of our legislators are fiddling, it seems, while Maryland’s small businesses continue to get burned.”

Op-Ed From the Baltimore Sun: “Attacking real or imagined health care villains, though sometimes necessary and always fun, will not make health care more affordable today or tomorrow unless we also face hard facts and reform our system. It is broken and our leaders know it, but courage to talk about real solutions is scarce, so most stick to diversionary tactics.”

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