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No Health Insurance? No problem. Romney Says That Freeloading In The ER Is Now All Good

Mitt Romney

When asked whether the nation has a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million Americans who do not currently have coverage, the Governor responded: “... If someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care...”

 

Romney Has Conciliatory Remarks on Obama and Health Overhaul

Obamacare

“I’m not getting rid of all of health care reform,” Mr. Romney said, while emphasizing that he planned to replace the president’s plan with his own. “There are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I’m going to put in place. One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.”

Senh: This is not exactly new NEWS, but he's reiterating it. Months ago, when the polls showed that Americans like a majority of Obamacare, except for the individual mandate, Romney said he would pretty much keep everything except for the mandate, which is necessary to pay for the healthcare overhaul. So here's the problem: if he's gonna keep everything except for the part that pays for it, how is he gonna pay for it?

I also wonder what Republicans in Congress, who has stated that they would get rid of ALL of Obamacare, thinks of this.

 

Romney Now Says Health Mandate by Obama Is a Tax

Flip-Flopping Romney

Mr. Romney's remarks, made in a hastily arranged interview with CBS News on a national holiday, prompted renewed criticisms that he was willing to adjust his views for political expediency. Two days earlier, his chief spokesman and senior strategist had said that Mr. Romney did not believe the mandate should be called a tax.

Senh: Wow, that was fast. Just a couple days ago, Romney said it was a penalty.

 

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