“when Romney is now saying he just wants to tweak it”
Romney does not say he wants to “tweak it” - the Obamacare law, in fact he said he wants to repeal it.
Health care/insurance reform is a bigger subject than simply “Obamacare”. The GOP has been also in favor of some kinds of health insurance reform.
There were two areas of health insurance reform - not “Obamacare”, the law - that Romney said he too would propose reforms on - “pre-existing conditions” and older children keeping coverage on their parents insurance.
He did not say he wanted to “tweak” how Oabamcare dealt with those issues, nor did he defend how Obamacare dealt with them, no did he defend or say he “liked” any part of Obamacare.
So get yourself past the idea that all health insurance reform, of anykind, equals “Romneycare” or “Obamacare”, and check out some reputable Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation or the American Enterprise Institute or the Cato Institute and disabuse yourself of the idea that only Liberals/Progressives/Marxists would like to see some kinds of health insurance reforms - though not “Obamacare”.
We are not talking about reform this is about obamacare.
Yes, Romney did say he would repeal obamacare the first day.
And yes, he did say he liked parts of obamaccare which he would keep.
I am just asking how a person squares what Romney is saying now with what he said before total repeal of obamacare.
*On Mitt Romney Sunday on MTP, said he would retain elements of President Barack Obama’s health care
*Romney has said, I will repeal obamacare the first day.
Again, how are you resolving those two statements.
He says there are certain parts of healthcare reform he’ll keep — then cites specific provisions that are in the Obamacare bill. Thus, he endorsed parts of Obamacare and said he’d keep them.
The only part I want to keep is the part that says the mandate may not be considered a tax.