Posted on 11/21/2007 10:16:15 AM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Romney sharpened the sell for his health care plan here at Des Moines University. For the first time, he gave a time frame on its follow-through, and he provided a bit more context about his own background on the issue before touring the Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
“I just want to underscore something,” he said, concluding his address at the university, “we can get everybody in this country insured…. My estimate that from the time you would put in place this program, pass the legislation necessary to put in place this program, within four years every American would be insured.”
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Forced medical insurance ping.
I am already insured. It costs too much now because I’m paying for about 15 illegal aliens getting everything for free.
Alrighty then.
His Mormonism wasn’t a concern to me. His historically socialist viewpoint was.
It has just been confirmed that he has not abandoned them.
Can’t vote for the man, at least in the primaries.
Fred’s the man!
“we can get everybody in this country insured….”
pretty grandiose, but shouldn’t “American Citizen” be in there?
Socialism does not work.
Well there goes the idea that he isn’t going to push his plan on every state in the union.
“Rewrite desk, we’ve got a problem with that blanket response to objection 47. We’re on it!”
Great. This guy is the poster child for incremental socialism.
If citizens covered their own insurance (and deducted it from their taxes), they wouldn’t have their insurance tied to their place of employment (would be “mobile”) and not succeptable to incomplete coverage or discrimination because of “prior existing conditions”.
Employers wouldn’t even have a reason to release an employee because (s)he is “costing insurance too much” with claims.
Screw Willard. He can take Rudy and McInsane and exit stage left.
His owners must have reprogrammed him. :)
There is no solution that will get “everyone” insured in four years that is a good solution.
This is one of the scariest quotes of the election season so far.
I’m not sure which is worse: Hillary care where she takes money from everyone to pay for everyone elses health insurance, or Romney care where it requires everyone to purchase health insurance and if they don’t they are criminalized and fined.
I don’t want or need either.
He’s just as bad as Hillary!
The only good and qualifed candidate on the ballot is Hunter!
Besides the fact I believe it is un-Constitutional to force me to have insurance or take my money to buy it for someone else, I don’t want a Government bean counter making medical decisions on my behalf.
BTW, Myth Rutney can’t even insure us against his own murderous decisions, why would I trust his health programs...unless I wanted a discount abortion?
I’m with you, chesley. Fred’s been putting out great positions. It’s no accident that the MSM have been trying to write him off despite his nationwide strength in the polls.
The bidding and promises begin....welcome to the fray, mitt, our not so favorite rino.
Another flavor of HillaryCare.
Romney and Rudy...the socialist front of the Republican Party.
Big tent my @$$.
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