http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/politics/romneys-pledge-shows-repealing-health-law-to-be-complex.html?_r=1&ref=politics
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s pledge to guarantee access to health insurance for people with longstanding medical problems confused some experts and highlighted the difficulty of repealing the newhealth care law while keeping some of its popular features.“I’m not getting rid of all of health care reform,” Mr. Romney said over the weekend on the NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Of course, there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I’m going to put in place. One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.”Mr. Romney did not explain a significant feature of his proposal: he would explicitly guarantee insurance for people with existing conditions only if they have maintained coverage without a significant gap. That could exclude millions of Americans with medical problems like cancer, heart disease and asthma.This qualification was clear in a statement that Mr. Romney issued in March, when he called for repeal of the 2010 law and presented his own vision for health care. Mr. Romney said then that he would “prevent discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions who maintain continuous coverage.” Thus, aides to Mr. Romney said, he was not breaking new ground with his comments over the weekend.Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Monday that Mr. Romney’s comments were misleading because they left an impression that he supported protections for people with existing conditions like those in President Obama’s health care overhaul.And what about people with medical problems who have never had health insurance or have had a gap in coverage for months or years?Mr. Romney says many of them could obtain coverage through health plans known as high-risk pools. Many states have such pools, which generally operate at a loss. And the federal government is running a high-risk pool, as a temporary measure under the new health care law, in more than 20 states.
does he think with the trick of a word he can convince the majority of his unintention to carry those who are pre-existing patients? don't fall for it remember"continued coverage".
Mr. Romney has not said whether or how he would regulate premiums or subsidize the costs of coverage in a high-risk pool.
“It will need to be subsidized,” said Gail R. Wilensky, a Republican who ran Medicare and Medicaid in the first Bush administration. “Otherwise, people who are predictably high users of health care cannot get health insurance or can get it only at very high cost.”
insurance co. mo' money,the pre-exister's goose egg.
