April 13, 2007 10:32AM 

# RomneyCare: Becoming Less Universal and Less Affordable All the Time 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Yesterday, Massachusetts’ new “Connector Authority” [unanimously voted](http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070413/4b_mass13.art.htm) to exempt 20 percent of the Bay State’s uninsured from the requirement that all residents purchase health insurance. The Connector Authority determined that health insurance was not affordable for those folks.

They also made [RomneyCare](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6407) less affordable overall. The Connector Authority voted, again unanimously, to increase subsidies to low-income residents by $13 million, bringing the total cost of such subsidies to $483 million this year.

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