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Romney invokes Massachusetts health law ahead of Republican convention

By Elise Viebeck - 08/25/12 06:00 AM ET
Mitt Romney is invoking his Massachusetts healthcare law in the lead-up to the Republican convention, alarming conservatives who argue it’s a losing issue for his campaign.

Romney's new willingness to talk about the issue could be a sign that he thinks the Massachusetts law could help him in November.

"My healthcare plan I put in place in my state has everyone insured," Romney told a CBS reporter on Thursday. In a second interview, he called the law an "important accomplishment" that is "working, by and large, pretty well."


Romney has consistently defended his healthcare overhaul,
but has not made it a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. The law inspired parts of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which remains anathema to conservatives.

The convention in Tampa, which serves as a showcase for Romney’s career in business and politics, will almost certainly have to address the Massachusetts law in some way.

"He'll have to strike a delicate balance on the Massachusetts law," said Potomac Strategy Group President Matt Mackowiak.

"It's in his nature to defend something that he signed, but it's not a winning issue. … The truth is, he doesn't need to go there."

The Massachusetts law contained the same central elements as the federal healthcare reform plan, most notably an individual mandate to have health insurance.

Conservatives argue the federal mandate is a breathtaking expansion of federal power, and say Romney neutralizes criticism of the Affordable Care Act and, by extension, Obama, when he touts a law with a similar requirement.
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Romney's recent healthcare comments recall his performance during primary debates, when, under fire from opponents about the Massachusetts system, he expressed pride in "caring about people."

"We have less than 1 percent of our kids [in Massachusetts] who are uninsured," Romney told Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) in an October 2011 debate. "You have a million kids."

This doesn't surprise me since the mandate was originally the proposal of the Republicans/conservatives- and for the past 30+ years their answer to fixing the health care insurance coverage problem...
They didn't start whining against it until Obama proposed it- and some of the radical right started wetting down their legs ...
 

TexasBred

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Is it really "Romneycare"??

On April 12, 2006, Governor Mitt Romney signed the health legislation. Romney vetoed eight sections of the health care legislation, including the controversial employer assessment. Romney also vetoed provisions providing dental benefits to poor residents on the Medicaid program, and providing health coverage to senior and disabled legal immigrants not eligible for federal Medicaid. The legislature promptly overrode six of the eight gubernatorial section vetoes, on May 4, 2006, and by mid-June 2006 had overridden the remaining two.
 
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TexasBred said:
Is it really "Romneycare"??

Looks to me he is sure taking credit for it now- and touting it up...

Ya don't think he be lying now do you?
 
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Voters Dislike Obamacare but Still Think Obama Cares

Many polls have shown that the voters dislike Obamacare (although when asked why, about 10-15% oppose it from left--they want a single-payer system like Canada has). Nevertheless, several recent polls show the voters trust Obama more than Romney on health care.
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/249733-despite-republican-assault-obama-still-holds-edge-on-healthcare

How can that be? For starters, Romney has said he will repeal and replace Obamacare, but he has refused to say what he will replace it with. Some voters may think the replacement will be worse than Obamacare.

Second, although Obamacare in the abstract is not popular, many of the specific items in it are. Some have already taken effect so people are getting the benefit of them. For example, Obamacare requires insurance companies to accept all young adults up to 26 on their parents' plan and 3 million of them have taken advantage of this provision. Another popular provision is that insurance companies may not refuse to insure children, even if they have an expensive preexisting condition. Also, since Aug. 1, 2012, some forms of preventive care, including HIV and HPC testing, mammograms, and colonoscopies are free. People who have been informed of this by their insurance company may not want Romney to take these benefits away. Nevertheless, Paul Ryan reiterated that Republicans will start the process of repealing Obamacare on their first day in office.


An interesting take that I had not thought of before- that some of those that are coming out in the polls opposing Obamacare actually wanted a socialist single payer system- rather than the more moderate morphing in of the long time conservatives mandate plan...



Despite GOP assault, voters give Obama the edge on healthcare


By Sam Baker - 09/16/12 03:00 PM ET
Voters may not love “ObamaCare,” but they still prefer President Obama to Mitt Romney on healthcare issues.
Several recent polls show Obama with an advantage — often a sizeable one — when voters are asked which candidate would do a better job handling healthcare. Obama held that lead even before Romney selected Paul Ryan as his running mate, which elevated the debate over Ryan’s controversial Medicare plan.

Yet polling also shows that the public is deeply divided, and leans negative, on Obama’s signature healthcare law. In the latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, 38 percent had a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act, while 43 percent had an unfavorable view.


Republicans have been assaulting Obama’s healthcare plans almost non-stop for three years, and their attacks have helped stifle public approval of the law. But on the overall issue, Obama is still ahead.

A CNN/ORC poll earlier this week gave Obama a nine-point lead on healthcare (up from just 1 point a month earlier). An Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters put Obama ahead of Romney 51-37 on healthcare, basically unchanged since May.

The New York Times’ last round of swing-state polling, conducted late last month, put Obama up by at least six points on healthcare with voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin.

So, why do voters think Obama would do better on healthcare if they don’t like what he’s done on healthcare?

The paradox mirrors Republicans’ larger frustration with the race — that voters aren’t happy with the economy, but still seem inclined to vote for Obama. And some see a similar explanation for the gap on healthcare.

“People like him. They want to believe him,” said Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who heads the Republican Policy Committee.

Price said Obama has an edge on healthcare because of promises the president made about the Affordable Care Act, including lower premiums, that haven’t materialized.

Democrats, though, see the beginnings of what they always promised would happen: As the law is taking root and new benefits are starting to kick in, the public is coming around.

Chris Jennings, a healthcare strategist who worked in the Clinton administration, said it’s always easier to be the party defending the status quo than the one trying to change existing programs.

“In 2010 it hurt President Obama; now I think it’s moving toward helping,” Jennings said.

Romney and Ryan never miss an opportunity to promise that they’ll repeal “ObamaCare.” But two years into the law’s implementation, “ObamaCare” is much less abstract and repeal would mean eliminating benefits that people have started to actually see.

Three million young people have gotten access to their parents’ healthcare plans because of the Affordable Care Act, according to the Health and Human Services Department, and seniors have saved millions on prescription drugs and lower-cost preventive services.
 

TexasBred

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OT why are doctors so against Obamacare?? I haven't found one yet who likes any part of it..........oh and for the record, my wife an I both paid for our colonoscopies this year.
 
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