Romney Touts Romneycare: I’m The Guy That Got ‘Health Care For All The Women And Men In My State’

[trailmonkee]

Source: Think Progress

Just two weeks after a Romney spokesperson faced a barrage of conservative criticism for highlighting the success of the governor’s Massachusetts health care law, Romney himself bragged that the measure has expanded access to women’s health care services, including contraception. During an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Romney said he was “very proud” of Romneycare — which includes an individual mandate — for providing coverage to all women and men:


ROMNEY: With regards to women’s health care, look, I’m the guy that was about to get health care for all of the women and men in my state. They’re talking about it on the federal level, we actually did something. [...]

CHRIS WALLACE (HOST): So you’re saying, look at Romneycare?

ROMNEY: Well, absolutely. I am very proud of what we did, and the fact that we helped women and men and children in our state… And then with regard to contraceptives, of course Republicans, myself in particular, recognize that women have a right to use contraceptives. There is absolutely no validity whatsoever to the Obama effort to try and bring that up.

Watch it:


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/26/745521/romney-touts-romneycare-im-the-guy-that-got-healthcare-for-all-the-women-and-men-in-my-state/?mobile=nc

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[lsewpershad]

1. Trying to have it both ways again Mittens???

[brewens]

2. Seriously! We'll have baggers drowning themselves in their outhouses all over the place!

I can't believe he'd say that. The right-wingers are just going to freak!

[beac]

15. "baggers drowning themselves in their outhouses"

And their resuscitation and subsequent hospital stay won't bankrupt them, thank to Obamacare.

[Mnpaul]

3. That whole segment was hilarious

Romney had no answer when Wallace pressed him about the fact that his plan would make Medicare insolvent faster. We'll drive the costs down. They showed the Romney's at home and claimed that Mitt does the grocery shopping and the kids did household chores. Not a servant in sight.

[2pooped2pop]

6. they still have kids at home?

I thought except for the youngest one, that the rest were all older. I guess now we need to see his returns to see how much he claims to have paid "the help"

[global1]

14. Maybe The Kids From His Other Wives....

he is Mormon you know.

[2pooped2pop]

20. zing!

lol

[Mnpaul]

17. They were at his vacation home

They even had a little chore wheel on the wall in the kitchen which looks like it was made up on short notice.

[warrior1]

4. mitt romney said on his first day he will eliminated ACA

sorry willard, you can't have it both ways.

[Mz Pip]

5. All women need to do

Is move to MA if they need health care.

It almost sounds like he's given up. He's making no sense.

[still_one]

7. Then ask the question why he said he would repeal all of "Obamacare"? but they won't do that, it

would put their candidate on the spot

[earthside]

8. So ... Rmoney is proud of his 'socialist' accomplishment?

That's the way I heard it.

For all the Obama-haters who can't stop talking about how ObamaCare is 'socialism' -- what are they going to say to this?

[trailmonkee]

10. the dude has got poopy mouth this morning.... he's saying all kinds of shit he'll regret tomorrow...

feel like it's my birthday!

[earthside]

11. This is clearly calculated, too.

Yup.

Etch-a-Sketching in full mode prior to the convention.

Any 'concessions' on these controversies will be swallowed-up by convention coverage.

When these issues, like the Swiss bank account, are asked again, he can say that he has already addressed those topics and doesn't have to say anymore.

And the corporate news media will go along with him.

I don't think Willard ever 'regrets' anything.

[Jim__]

9. I wonder if he got permission from his uber-bosses b/4 speaking.

I'm betting he did.

[NCcoast]

12. This is why I think Romney/Ryan is going to implode

He's all over the place. He's just making it up as he goes along. We all thought he would run to the middle as soon as he nailed down the nomination and instead he's been doing everything he could to suck up to his rightfully skeptical base. When a surrogate brought this up two weeks ago Ann Coulter was calling for an insurrection on Hannity's show. Now Mitt himself is bragging on his universal health care system, on Fox News for God sake, moments before the convention.

And that's on top of the GOP leadership saying 'screw the platform, we don't mean any of that, that's just more duping of the dumb ass base.'

If his base turns on him now... what will he have left? He'll be a laughing stock. Bounce points: The press, eager to convince the public that it could criticize the right, if they weren't just so damn above reproach, might, seeing the inevitable, begin to pile on in a feeding frenzy. I'm telling you, it could happen. These guys could go down in flames.

Double bounce points: Gun play at the convention!

[beac]

16. Since they are allowing guns at the convention, I'll be AMAZED at this point if

some enraged Teahadist doesn't try and take a shot at him.

[riderinthestorm]

13. Wrong! He got everyone health insurance NOT health care. There's a difference and it matters. nt

[MADem]

18. It's like he's running around with his HAIR ON FIRE!!!

Pro-choice!!!! Anti-choice!!! Pro-Romneycare!! Anti-Obamacare!!! Pro-Obamacare!!!!

Woo woo woo woo woo!!! Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!!!!!!!!!!


It's like this...only less funny...

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RMoney fails to note that "medicare" is a piece of Commonwealth Care. But hey, whatever floats his little lyin' boat!

[grantcart]

19. does he realize that they haven't voted on the nomination yet?

[wordpix]

21. Reporters should follow up: what IS the difference between the ACA and Romneycare?

?????? I don't think the difference is very much.

[area51]

22. Flip!

Flop!