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Showing Original Post only (View all)Within Hours, Mitt Romney Takes Back Everything He Said About Preexisting Conditions [View all]
Source: Mother Jones
On national TV this morning, with millions of people watching, Mitt Romney told David Gregory that there were parts of Obamacare he actually liked. In fact, he said, one of the goals of his healthcare plan "is to make sure that those with preexisting conditions can get coverage." A few hours later, with approximately zero people listening, a spokesman quietly "clarified" what he meant:
In reference to how Romney would deal with those with preexisting conditions and young adults who want to remain on their parents plans, a Romney aide responded that there had been no change in Romneys position and that in a competitive environment, the marketplace will make available plans that include coverage for what there is demand for. He was not proposing a federal mandate to require insurance plans to offer those particular features.
As it happens, we already have a competitive market for individual insurance. In addition, we already have demand for coverage of preexisting conditions. And yet, the marketplace doesn't make policies available to people with preexisting conditions.
Why? Because policies that cover preexisting conditions are big money losers unless you charge premiums high enough that no one could afford them. Because of that, nobody bothers to offer them in the first place. That's how the free market works. It would be nice if Romney could explain how he intends to square this circle.
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Within Hours, Mitt Romney Takes Back Everything He Said About Preexisting Conditions [View all]
highplainsdem
Sep 2012
OP
When is the MSM going to wake up that Mitt says lies so they make him look good
riverbendviewgal
Sep 2012
#1
Good gawd... If they don't expose this habitual liar in full--well before the debates...
hlthe2b
Sep 2012
#4
Uh oh Mitt was speaking without his ventriloquist again, people are going to figure out he is just
Heather MC
Sep 2012
#29
Agreed, at this rate, Miss Romney is going to have to implode at some point...
johnnyrocket
Sep 2012
#43
I feel the same way. Has there ever been a candidate who admit to having an off shore account?
sarcasmo
Sep 2012
#52
In my 49 years I have never seen anyone like Romney who was running for dogcatcher
jmowreader
Sep 2012
#78
So he tries to appeal to the masses on TV, then has a spokesperson "quietly" walk it back
Laurian
Sep 2012
#5
"In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute shall reverse". . .
Journeyman
Sep 2012
#8
And the knuckle-dragging, Medicare-consuming, Social Security enjoying assholes....
Swede Atlanta
Sep 2012
#13
someone needs to tweet this to David Gregory, with some other visible hashtags...
progressivebydesign
Sep 2012
#15
not surprising since he's taking positions he is supposed to, rather than ones he believes or has
BREMPRO
Sep 2012
#23
It's like the Three Faces of Eve - Mitt becomes a completely different person at will
aint_no_life_nowhere
Sep 2012
#32
That has to be the most bizarre statement ever from a presidential candidate.
spiderpig
Sep 2012
#60
Is this guy even able to make a single public appearance without a major gaffe?
Bjorn Against
Sep 2012
#41
Exactly - the insurance companies insisted on the individual mandate before agreeing to cover
progree
Sep 2012
#61
The speed of his flip flop may very well have exceeded the speed of light...
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2012
#56
Private Insurance companies had 60 yrs to come up a universal plan, they chose profits!
CarmanK
Sep 2012
#62
Maybe his plan is for people with preexisting conditions to buy into medicare at reasonable rates
greymattermom
Sep 2012
#96
If he gets in, he immediately goes for broke to wreck Medicare, Social Security
Faygo Kid
Sep 2012
#107
From RW NY Daily News: "Health-care reform is Romney's preexisting condition"
pampango
Sep 2012
#115
The show they lied on should always have a breaking news disclosure as soon as they take back their
riverbendviewgal
Sep 2012
#117
They should do a split screne before and after vid for everythin he says here on in.
Monk06
Sep 2012
#118