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From Crooks and Liars -- audo clip at the link:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/romney-goes-right-wing-radio-reassure-conse
Repeat after me: This fight over health care has always centered on pre-existing conditions. Some on the right actually believe covering pre-existing conditions is a form of welfare! This is, of course, a variation on the theme "Die and Die Quickly."
Mitt Romney had to do something to stop the bleeding, so he rushed over to Hugh Hewitt's show Monday night to reassure the wingers that oh no, he wouldn't under any circumstances make those poor wittle insurers cover pre-existing conditions. Nay.
Here's what he said to reassure them:ROMNEY: Well of course Im going to repeal Obamacare. Ive said that on the campaign trail, I think, every single day. Obamacare must be repealed in its entirety. Its bad policy, its bad law, and frankly, a $2 trillion entitlement we dont want and we certainly cant afford. I have my own health care plan, and it does not require Obamacare to make our health care system work better. Obamacare is a disaster in my opinion, and has to be repealed entirely. But that doesnt mean that we cant do some important things to improve our health care system, like, for instance, getting medical malpractice reform, taking actions to lower the cost of health care, and of course, people shouldnt be able to be dropped from their insurance if they get ill. These are all parts of the plan that I put out in Michigan, oh, a year, year and a half ago, describing my health care plan. So, the Obamacare approach is the wrong way to go. We need instead of having government choice, we need consumer choice, and Ill repeal Obamacare and make sure we put in place the kinds of reforms that bring down the cost of health care, and make sure at the same time we return to the individual and to their states the responsibility for the care.
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sinkingfeeling
(51,470 posts)klook
(12,164 posts)"I have the best health insurance money can buy. So what the fuck do I care?"
Surely he can't mean he has some alternative plan for the country, because we haven't heard squat about that.
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)Where did he say that?
That is a deal killer for me if I was losing it enough to consider voting for the little rich kid.
CrispyQ
(36,501 posts)...and it does not require Obamacare to make our health care system work better," says the multi-multi-multi-millionaire, who can easily afford any Cadillac plan out there.
What a fucker.
Johonny
(20,878 posts)the dude has no moral spine at all.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)1. You buy health insurance or we'll fine you, and maybe throw you in jail.
2. We will not tell health insurers how to conduct their business, as that would be un-American and traitorous to Our Capitalist System.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)especially if they are a little sick..
tjdee
(18,048 posts)Says one thing, says another.....don't they worry that he will be very "liberal" once in office?
tolumnia
(22 posts)Did he really say "the plan that I put out in Michigan".
I did not realize he was governor of Michigan, I thought he was governor of Massachusetts. Maybe he mis-spoke? Did he not know what state he was governor of?
highplainsdem
(49,028 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)Low-information independent voters who may just watch a few minutes of news or read the paper may remember that romney sounded moderate about health care during that morning show interview.
At the same time the teabagger base is reassured by his statements to Rush or FOX or other conservative media that only the rw base listen to in any great numbers.