claim: "the number of uninsured people in massachusetts is about the same as it was when the mandates were passed in 2006."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: the commonwealth of massachusetts passed a health care reform law in 2006  with the aim of providing health insurance to nearly all of its residents. the law  mandated that nearly every resident of massachusetts obtain a ... in october  2006, january 2007, and november 2007, bills were enacted that amended and  made ...
evidence_2: apr 7, 2010 ... rick perry said the mandate that people get health insurance -- a key part of the  new ... "the number of uninsured people in massachusetts is about the same as  it was when the mandates were passed in 2006," perry wrote.
evidence_3: passed landmark health reform legisla- tion.1 once ... many of the features  included in the massachusetts health reform law, passed in early 2006, are being  discussed as part of national reform. this paper is .... plans at the same level can  have different benefits and ... number of people being exempt from the mandate.7 .
evidence_4: may 20, 2012 ... in 2006, massachusetts passed comprehensive health reform designed to  provide near- ... safety net providers have seen an increasing number of patients  .... individual mandate: all adults in the state are required to purchase health ...  seventy percent of people uninsured for any part of the year were not ...
evidence_5: dec 15, 2007 ... nixon's plan, though never passed, refuses to stay dead. ... in 1988,  massachusetts became the first state to pass a version of nixon's employer  mandate — and it added an individual mandate for ... in 1988, 494,000 people  were uninsured in massachusetts. the number had increased to 657,000 by  2006.