Maybe you did not understand but Romney made it clear that it is up to the states not for the federal government to deal with healthcare. It’s called federalism , it’s called limiting the federal government as the founders intended and for the states to be labs.
Romney made it real clear in a USA TODAY column advising Obama in about 2009 to implement a national version of RomneyCare.
Am I supposed to pretend it never happened? Romney wanted it national, no use to pretend otherwise.