I think some of that Obamacare answer was a smokescreen. I don’t see how pre-existing conditions can be covered without a big tax to pay for them, or massively rising health insurance costs. This is where I fear Romney is making too many promises he can’t keep which could obviously hit him in 2016.
He also should have mentioned how long the Obamacare bill is vs. Romneycare. Something like 3,000 to 80 pages I think.
” I don’t see how pre-existing conditions can be covered without a big tax to pay for them”
The liberals have consistently overstated how big this problem is. It’s about 6-9 million people.
#1 - it about continuing coverage. Not losing coverage you already have. Actually, Obama said something to indicate what’s at work, because he complained that it is already the law. Just modestly strengthening that is enough.
#2 - you can ‘cover’ pre-existing with a govt program to cover just that condition, thereby avoiding price controls that will destroy insurance markets. Texas has a program like that. It’s not hard to do that at Federal level via S-chip.
The mistake would be to go #3 - community rating. Then you fall down the slippery slope to obamacare. That’s what Republicans must avoid.
If Romney is true to Federalism word, he wont necessarily force any choice, but let states do it their way.
“He also should have mentioned how long the Obamacare bill is vs. Romneycare. Something like 3,000 to 80 pages I think.”
Right! A good way to illustrate how different they are.
one is a honda civic, the other is a HUmmer.