Blue Mass Group

Today’s daily press release from Steve Crawford at the Governor’s re-election campaign (email, no link) lays out the brilliant politics of his recent smack down of what is perhaps America’s least-loved industry after cigarette companies: death panel administrators health insurance firms.

The Patrick-Murray Administration’s cap helps small business owners who are struggling to choose between paying the health insurance companies and hiring new workers. Small businesses are the engine of the Massachusetts Economy, and Governor Patrick is the only candidate acting on their behalf.

Former Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charles Baker is opposed to the rate cap, confirming that he is on the side of big insurance companies. Baker is an industry insider who raised rates more than 150 percent. He has failed to stand up for families and small businesses struggling to pay for double-digit health insurance rate increases.

Treasurer Timothy Cahill also opposed the rate cap. He is an outright opponent of the Massachusetts universal health care plan, promising to kill it, putting at risk the 400,000 Massachusetts residents who previously had no coverage.

The Governor’s winning streak rolls on.