Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker urged Beacon Hill budget-makers to find out how much taxpayers have shelled out so far trying to implement Obamacare — a colossal failure he could inherit if he wins the Corner Office next year.
"The people deserve to know how much it's going to cost them to pay for this disastrous rollout, both this year and next year," Baker told the Herald.
A proposal by House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr. (R-North Reading) for a full Obamacare accounting passed as a House budget amendment last month, but was not in the Senate version. Baker sent a letter to the six members of a budget conference committee.
"Rather than being transparent with the public about the cost of their failures, the administration has refused to provide a full accounting of the cost of implementing the ACA," Baker wrote to the conference committee. "And thus far, many in the Legislature have resisted efforts to demand such an accounting from the administration. You now have an opportunity to remedy this, and I urge you to do so."
The Herald reported last month the cost to implement Obamacare in Massachusetts has surpassed a half-billion dollars.
The budget conference committee, which meets behind closed doors, gathered for the first time yesterday to iron out differences in the House and Senate budgets.
A spokeswoman for Senate Chairman Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) said he couldn't talk about Baker's letter, citing the confidential nature of the committee. An Administration & Finance spokeswoman said the state gave lawmakers detailed costs in April and will provide updates before the end of the fiscal year.
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