Posted on 09/10/2012 6:41:26 AM PDT by bestintxas
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has called for scrapping President Barack Obama's 2010 U.S. healthcare law, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he likes key parts of "Obamacare" despite his party's loathing of it and wants to retain them.
Romney, who faces Obama in the Nov. 6 election, has vowed throughout the campaign to repeal and replace the Obama healthcare law. But asked about the Obama healthcare law on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, Romney said, "Well, I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform."
"Of course, there are a number of things that I like in healthcare reform that I'm going to put in place," Romney added. "One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. Two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like."
The Obama healthcare law, among other provisions, prevents insurance companies from denying medical coverage to people who already are suffering from a medical condition. It also allows parents to keep their young-adult children on their health insurance plans until age 26.
The law is Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.
Elements of the state healthcare reform plan that Romney put in place as governor of Massachusetts served as a model for the federal law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by Obama in 2010 despite unified Republican opposition.
"I say we're going to replace Obamacare. And I'm replacing it with my own plan. And even in Massachusetts when I was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young people," Romney told "Meet the Press."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Yes they are.
This article and your title are horseshit
>Romney, who faces Obama in the Nov. 6 election, has vowed throughout the campaign to repeal and replace the Obama healthcare law........ “Well, I’m not getting rid of all of healthcare reform.”<
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Why should anyone be surprised in Mitt’s pronouncement?
Didn’t Romneycare metastasize into Bambicare?
“(Says Obama, Pelosi and Reid are right with Obamacare)
I didn’t see this in the article you posted.”
How else can you possibly interpret it then?
The message is “Repeal and Redo” not “I like parts of it”.
He is stupid.
uh, yes.......
Yes I guess Mittens needs his handlers to put every word into his mouth or epic stupidity gushes forth. Don’t fear Obama ma’am...he’s a good man.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Shades of McLame. too bad. Id have liked to see Mittens win it... so we can all see how he proves what he’s made of. (like we don’t already)
Well maybe your right and maybe not. Some people are born with defects that need medical coverage. Not being a fan of insurance companies as I worked for some large ones , I have first hand knowledge of games they play. They are cold blooded crooks Some Of Them. Not all. Of course if your a member of the lucky sperm club an have the right parents none of that matters.
If its so good, ALL should have to live under it. Including the politicians that are forcing it upon us.
Once you give people “free” things, it is nearly impossible to take them away.
EVEN IF, a republican president and congress were to repeal the ACA, they would NEVER do it without a carefully crafted media campaign explaining that while they are repealing the law, they will also immediately implement all the feel good parts of it with no time delay. To do otherwise would be political suicide.
And that’s basically what Romney is saying. That is, “The Act as it is is a behemoth. The mandates are the biggest. I will repeal the act but then we, as a government, will implement several smaller acts to retain the good portions of the Act.”
those “good portions” are, of course, the “free” stuff that “the people” are already enjoying: No pre-ex, coverage to 26, the birth control stuff (that one might go away though), no recission, etc.
And frankly, the ACA was written by the health insurance industry. I think they spend the most on lobbying of any industry. They LOVE the mandate. The MCR rules were a concession that they’d love to see go away, and a GOP pres/congress might be able to make that happen, as a concession to remove the mandate. I would love for that whole debate to be transparent, as I think it would open a lot of American eyes as to how this stuff really works.
Done properly, removal of pre-existing conditions limitations can work. There are people who get into situations where they simply cannot afford insurance. Should they fall ill during that time, then by all rights they should be responsible for the costs of their care, although I don’t think someone should go to debtors’ prison because they had a heart attack while they were out of work and couldn’t afford insurance. Likewise, I think it is tragic that someone in that scenario would then be denied most likely from ever purchasing health insurance again in the individual market. This is a huge problem. So, what to do about it? Implement a form of guaranteed issue that would be optional. If someone wanted to sign up for standard policies that require underwriting, they get the best rates, but if someone has a health condition and can’t qualify for medically-underwritten policies, they would pay a higher monthly premium, say, 25% more than the medically underwritten policy. In addition, they’d face a 2 year delay before the policy would cover any treatments related to the pre-existing illness. That will weed out those who only want to buy insurance when they get sick. Insurance companies can deal with that kind of coverage. They’ve been doing it for years here in Florida in the group market, which was defined to include businesses as small as one insured.
Another option that I think would be awesome is to make all health insurance polices a form of health savings account. Put the financial incentives into the hands of the insured people, so that they see that by reducing their health care expenditures, they come out ahead financially.
A very simple solution to the problem of uninsured and pre-existing conditions is a return to the public health system. Public health system hospitals would treat medicaid patients and medicare patients who don’t have supplemental policies, as well as military families and the uninsured, or anyone else who chooses to go the public health clinic or hospital.
Doctors killed the public health system because of the low pay. They could make so much more in private practice. That just isn’t the case anymore and will be even less so if Obamacare is put into force. A system could be put into place to pay off medical school debt in return for service in addition to the pay.
I have a friend who lived in Norway for 8 years. She told me that doctors in Norway make the same pay as a bus driver. That’s what Obama would like to see here. A public health system could avoid that.
She was probably referring to the salary of new doctors, not all doctors. I read that the average salary was $32,000/year. My friend hasn’t lived in Norway for 12 years, soooo. Who knows. I just read that salaries in Norway increased 26% between 2004 and 2006, alone.
As for myself, I’d repeal it all — except for the provision that says the mandate may not be considered a tax.
This is the kind of liberal Establishment RINOism that loses elections.
Remember, during the primaries, Romney supporter Pam Bondi (who as Florida AG led the lawsuit against the unconstitutional Obamacare bill) said that they intended to repeal Obamacare and help establish Romneycare in every state.
Romneycare essentially IS Obamacare.
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