Romney's Health Care Plan

An Article by CNSNEWS.com reports that the cost of Massachusetts' health insurance mandate will rise 85 percent, or $400 million, in 2009.

According to The Boston Globe, the cost increase is largely due to an increase in the number of people signing up for state-subsidized health insurance. State and federal taxpayers are likely to shoulder the cost increase.

As we all know, Romney has been praising this mandate on the campaign trail. "We put in place a plan that gets every citizen in our state health insurance, and it didn't cost us new money," he said during the Republican debate in New Hampshire on Jan. 5. "It didn't require us to raise taxes."

The article also says that he would not mandate at the federal level. "But what I would say at the federal level is we'll keep giving you these special payments we make if you adopt plans that get everybody insured. I'd say each state needs to get busy on the job of getting all our citizens insured. It does not cost more money."

This is a man who has been emphasizing his economic credentials and criticizing McCain's understanding of the economy.