claim: romney left massachusetts "with a $245-million debt because of the big government-mandated health care system."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: jan 31, 2008 ... romney took issue with mccain's accounting of his economic and fiscal ... "he  has saddled the people of massachusetts with a $245 million debt because of the  big government-mandated healthcare system," mccain said.
evidence_2: jun 30, 2008 ... mitt romney: well, if you're voting for george bush, you'd be very interested in  knowing the answer to that. .... he is a co-author of mccain-feingold, which i  think took a whack at the first ... as people of massachusetts with a $245 million  debt because of the big government-mandated health care system.
evidence_3: this country needs radical reform to fix a health care system that currently ..... the  new mortgage left hoagland out of medical debt but afraid to get sick again. .....  just the 50 million people who are left out because they don't have health  insurance, ..... i am a primary care doctor in cambridge, massachusetts, and  professor of ...
evidence_4: mar 28, 2012 ... the great recession led to the loss of more than 8.7 million jobs ... the cost of  this debt—measured by the long-term costs of borrowing—is ..... access to quality , affordable health care is a key component of .... on-budget mandatory outlays ( i.e., the refundable portion of tax ...... “the buffett romney rule.
evidence_5: large pool of elected officials. ... the republican party truly does represent me  because its platform takes the same stances i do on key ... government  interaction within the health care system. .... north korea: as many as 2 million  have died from starvation since 1995. ..... mitt romney was governor of  massachusetts. the big ...