Mitt Romney on Healthcare
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ericadawn16Mitt Romney's own website says
Prevent discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions who maintain continuous coverage
http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care
Now, if the continuous coverage part is confusing, he cleared it up on The Tonight Show
LENO: So you would make the law stand for children and people with preexisting conditions.
ROMNEY: People with preexisting conditions — as long as they’ve been insured before, they’re going to continue to have insurance.
LENO: Suppose they were never insured?
ROMNEY: Well, if they’re 45 years old, and they show up, and they say, I want insurance, because I’ve got a heart disease, it’s like, 'Hey guys, we can’t play the game like that.' You’ve got to get insurance when you’re well, and if you get ill, then you’re going to be covered.
LENO: I know guys at work in the auto industry, and they’re just not covered ... they’ve just never been able to get insurance. And then they get to 30, 35, and were never able to get insurance before. Now they have it. That seems like a good thing.
ROMNEY: We’ll look at a circumstance where someone was ill, and hasn’t been insured so far. But people who have had the chance to be insured — if you’re working in an auto business for instance, the companies carry insurance, they insure all their employees — you look at the circumstances that exist. But people who have done their best to get insured, are going to be able to be covered. But you don’t want everyone saying, 'I’m going to sit back until I get sick and then go buy insurance.’ That doesn’t make sense. But you have to find rules that get people in that are playing by the rules.
That's right, if you were born into a pre-existing condition, developed one before starting your first job like I did or developed one with insurance and/or job that dropped you...
Romney says you don't deserve insurance like everyone else. You don't deserve to have that piece of mind.
I'm a 29 year old female with Epilepsy. Under his plan, I will NEVER be insured until/if I reach the age for Medicare.
Prevent discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions who maintain continuous coverage
http://www.mittromney.com/issues/health-care
Now, if the continuous coverage part is confusing, he cleared it up on The Tonight Show
LENO: So you would make the law stand for children and people with preexisting conditions.
ROMNEY: People with preexisting conditions — as long as they’ve been insured before, they’re going to continue to have insurance.
LENO: Suppose they were never insured?
ROMNEY: Well, if they’re 45 years old, and they show up, and they say, I want insurance, because I’ve got a heart disease, it’s like, 'Hey guys, we can’t play the game like that.' You’ve got to get insurance when you’re well, and if you get ill, then you’re going to be covered.
LENO: I know guys at work in the auto industry, and they’re just not covered ... they’ve just never been able to get insurance. And then they get to 30, 35, and were never able to get insurance before. Now they have it. That seems like a good thing.
ROMNEY: We’ll look at a circumstance where someone was ill, and hasn’t been insured so far. But people who have had the chance to be insured — if you’re working in an auto business for instance, the companies carry insurance, they insure all their employees — you look at the circumstances that exist. But people who have done their best to get insured, are going to be able to be covered. But you don’t want everyone saying, 'I’m going to sit back until I get sick and then go buy insurance.’ That doesn’t make sense. But you have to find rules that get people in that are playing by the rules.
That's right, if you were born into a pre-existing condition, developed one before starting your first job like I did or developed one with insurance and/or job that dropped you...
Romney says you don't deserve insurance like everyone else. You don't deserve to have that piece of mind.
I'm a 29 year old female with Epilepsy. Under his plan, I will NEVER be insured until/if I reach the age for Medicare.
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Date: 2012-03-30 03:51 am (UTC)Every day (especially as I get older) I am grateful to live in a country where I am entitled to free hospital and bulk billed (free) GP's. Not to mention the subsidised medicine! And every time I fill a prescription or get a rebate from Medicare I think about you guys and wonder how on Earth you manage.
My finances have been on a knifes edge this year, but without Medicare & the PBS I would be completely screwed.
Sending you hugs and hopes things get better.