Some have argued that the reason Massachusetts’s voters rejected Obamacare (through their vote for Brown) was that they already have “their healthcare”. As this Cato Institute Study by Aaron Yelowitz and Michael Cannon points out, most of them already had health insurance before RomneyCare, and are now paying more for it. RomneyCare has only added about 5% more people to the insurance rolls, and insurance rates have gone up faster than the average in rest of the nation. I’m told it is political suicide for a politician to admit a prior policy mistake, but it would be sure nice to see Romney (and Brown and other supporters) admit it. How about it Romney? Just about every other leadership effort you have touched has turned to gold, but you missed with this one. Isn’t it time to admit the essential structure of Romney-care — fining people if they don’t buy insurance — doesn’t do anything to solve the problem with rising health care costs and indeed makes it worse?