This story is based on two articles–one from today’s Boston Herald and one from Power Line yesterday.  Tim Cahill, the Democrat state treasurer of Massachusetts, left the Democrat party in July and it running for governor of Massachusetts as an independent. 

The Boston Herald points out:

“Cahill, saying he was barred from the 2008 Democratic National Convention because he wouldn’t endorse either Obama or Hillary Clinton, said, “My own party basically voted me out.”” 

He has also gone on the record as stating that President Obama’s healthcare reform proposal will bankrupt the country, as a similar healthcare reform plan passed in Massachusetts a few years ago has had a serious negative impact on the state budget.  I would also like to point out (as a resident of Massachusetts) that we have the highest health insurance premiums in the nation–universal healthcare has not brought individual costs down at all.

The main talking point being used to push the necessity of healthcare reform is the need to insure everyone.  That is a valid point, and I am sure most of us would like to see everyone have access to healthcare insurance (everyone is already guaranteed access to medicare care).  The challenge is how to reach that goal.  I believe it is possible to insure every American without wrecking the insurance of every currently insured American.  The savings that would be gained (the CBO figures verify this) from simply passing tort reform would make a major difference in healthcare costs.  Texas has led the way in tort reform and has a growing medical community as a result.  Doctors and medical facilities have voted with their feet.  We can learn from their experience.