massachusetts and health care

I don't get it. Mass has nearly universal health care. Why didn't anyone argue that Mass. residents costs would go down - maybe costs for nearly universal health care would be spread around the country.

In general, people perceived the whole health care bill as covering more people, and nothing about reducing costs. Of course, most of the costs are hidden by employers. My employer sends us a fancy brochure each January telling us how much we made, and they include the total cost of our health care. I see literally $10k more than my actually salary listed.

Most voters are probably people who already have health care.