What the doctor ordered?

- toledoblade.com - Editorial - What the doctor ordered?: "MASSACHUSETTS may have achieved a political miracle with its groundbreaking health-insurance law, but a larger question persists: Can the state’s novel mandate for universal coverage survive the seemingly immutable economic forces that make health care increasingly expensive in the United States?

The new law, signed by Republican Gov. Mitt Romney after approval by a Democrat-controlled legislature, requires an estimated 515,000 uninsured Bay State residents to acquire medical coverage by July 1, 2007, or face tax penalties."