He seemed quite happy with the proposal as a means to provide health insurance to everyone at the expense of others, not because it saved money in taxes, but because it provided health insurance to everyone at the expense of others. At least, that’s how he sounded when he told his side of the story.
That’s why, I think, he had difficulty with the question. He rambled on a bit, settling down finally on something like, “I got something done. I tackled the problem.”
Well, maybe, but the solution, as he explained it, was wrong, and he did not convey a clear sense of allegiance to conservative principles in his explanation.
That is not Romney health care plan buddy every body paid something even the working poor!
1)Loosen state regulations so as to allow insurance companies to offer cheaper coverage that has higher deductibles and doesn't cover things that aren't medically necessary. For instance, before Romney, the state required insurance to cover in vitro fertilization.
2) Create a central insurance exchange where individuals can comparison shop for policies from many different insurance companies. In other words, create something like the NYSE for insurance policies.
3) Require individuals to buy policies. This eliminates the adverse selection problem, which makes individual policies very expensive in other states, and it also prevents individuals from freeriding off the taxpayers should they get sick and not be able to pay their medical bills.
4) Provide a subsidy for individuals who don't qualify for medicade but are too poor to afford their own policy. The number of people who fell into this category turned out to be very small. The vast majority of the uninsured could, in fact, afford their own policy once the regulations and adverse selection problem were removed.