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Romney didn't “IMPOSE” their health plan.

O RLY?! Then why is he taking credit for the plan and praising its results???

"We have a plan in Massachusetts that is working pretty well. It has flaws. It's not perfect, but it is making a difference here." (2009-11-09)

"The Republican Party has put out a lot of health care plans," he said. Only Massachusetts has got everyone insured, he said. "Republicans have led on this." (2009-10-10)

"I like what we did in Massachusetts. I think it works in Massachusetts." (2009-10-01)

“It’s working like we had hoped it would work,” the one-time republic presidential candidate said. “We got nearly everybody in Massachusetts health insurance, which really, something people didn't think was possible.” Romney said the same can be done nationwide... (2009-07-09)

"It's working well. We got 440,000 more people insured than when the plan was put in place, it costs less than 2 percent of the state budget -- it's a plan that's working, it's a good model." (2009-07-01)

Beat me to it...

He says it is a good model. That is correct. It is a model that we can now look at and see what we like and don't like about it. It is good as a model, but it is not necessarily good as a model for the nation to adopt.

The primary requirement the people of MA were wanting was a system that insured everyone. The primary thing Romney wanted was to keep the operation in the private sector.
Romney said they wanted to make it cost effective, but that is not where all the effort went in getting it started. He thinks it needs more work on that.

However, I agree with you. He had better start saying what he has reservations on, or he owns it.

I think the Republicans and conservatives can't just say what is wrong with the Demo plan or the MA plan. They have to say what their solution to the problem is. I like some of the ideas we have been hearing: tort reform, competition across borders, health care savings accounts that you get to keep if you don't use it up, much reduced mandates, availability of catastrophic insurance. I think if illegal aliens show up at ERs, they should be treated and immediately sent back to their country of origin. I think if women (and their sperm donors) throw themselves on the mercy of the system for abortions, the system has the right to tie their tubes (both partners). I think the uninsured get to abuse the system only once, and then they are required to carry insurance. Etc.