I distinctly remember Romney highlighting differences in his plan as well. Also, from another post here it seems that “pre-existing conditions” had a different scope in the two plans. Romneycare requiring continuance of coverage between employers for those who got a condition while insured, and Obamacare forcing insurance carriers to sell to people who had no insurance and then bought after they got a condition. Which is of course why Obamacare includes a penalty (tax) on people who don’t have insurance in an effort to stop the most obvious abuse.
“I distinctly remember Romney highlighting differences in his plan as well. Also, from another post here it seems that “pre-existing conditions” had a different scope in the two plans. Romneycare requiring continuance of coverage between employers for those who got a condition while insured, and Obamacare forcing insurance carriers to sell to people who had no insurance and then bought after they got a condition. Which is of course why Obamacare includes a penalty (tax) on people who don’t have insurance in an effort to stop the most obvious abuse.”
It depends on what time of day you catch Romney on this. In the debate, Romney presented it as being the same thing as Obama’s plan. There was no mention of continuous coverage. In other interviews, Romney has not mentioned it being dependent on continuous coverage, but has presented it as being identical to Obama’s plan. To be honest, it is impossible for me to really believe anything Romney says. Even on taxes, he was arguing throughout the primaries that he was going to bring down taxes for ALL. In fact, one of my weapons against him back then was that Romney was gimmicky, and that there were hints and suggestions that Mitt would just raise taxes through cutting alleged “deductions” and “loopholes” instead of going after spending.
Now, what was once a great secret, is apparently his mainstream opinion, and no one actually notices it. I’ve lost my respect and faith in Republicans and many so called “conservatives.” They are lemmings, nothing more, who now and then rebel against the GOPe, but always come crawling back at the expense of morality and principles.