Gov. Mitt Romney Delivers Health Care Speech Pledging to "Repeal and Replace" ObamaCare

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5/12/11 - Here is video of most of the speech Gov. Mitt Romney delivered today at the University of Michigan in which he called for the repeal and replacement of ObamaCare.

The video picks up with Romney explaining what his Health Care Plan did in Massachusetts when he was Governor - often called "RomneyCare." He explained in detail what the plan did, and why he rejects the notion it is the same as ObamaCare. Romney pointed out it was a state solution that did not creat Government-run Health Care the way ObamaCare does.

He then lays out what he would do as President, starting with his pledge to issue an Executive Order on his first day in office that would essentially give waivers to all 50 states to opt-out of the provisions of ObamaCare. He would then work with Congress to repeal it in its entirety. Romney said it would "not be honest" for him to say he regrets what he did in Massachusetts, because he believes he did the right thing for that state. But what is proper for the Federal Government to do, he said is a whole different matter.

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[northmind]

Guys, I'm not American, I live in a country where health care is mostly run by the public sector and I can tell you this man is lying big. On the first hand, a public option doesn't threat people by limiting what you can choose, it adds another choice to a list that sometimes is non existant since some have no choice. On the other hand, students running away from medicine because of government is a fairytale. Medicine is the most demanded degree in my country.

[IrishCarney]

@PBezuhkovIII You're exactly right that the conservative movement turned on a dime on the individual mandate when Obama included it. Nobody cared about it in 2007-2008. But it's not "lying" to change your mind on abortion; Reagan did that too.

[huskysglare1]

He's obviously is in the Health Insurance Company's pocket.

Having the government "help us" pay the insurance company instead of having a government option? Instead of having good competitive pricing, he wants us to just pay the insurance price HIKE!? What happen after the government stop helping us pay for insurance? He just wants the insurance company to make more money from the people and the government. What a sell out.

[PBezuhkovIII]

As late as 2007 Romney supported a FEDERAL mandate. He appeared on Meet The Press and called it a "terrific idea." A mandate was a conservative idea initially in fact. What changed is that Pres. Obama got healthcare done and that is why republicans oppose it and why Romney has flipped. Just as he says he is now pro-life when he was pro-choice only a few years ago. Just as he claimed he was endorsed by NRA but wasn't. I can't abide lying and he does it frequently.

[2012Romney]

This video clearly demonstrates that Mitt knows health care inside and out, and is most qualified to repeal Obamacare and pass his own plan which increases competition and free market dynamics.

[dyad2r1]

@aDarkRage27

Good analyses. Thank you.

[aDarkRage27]

@dyad2r1 ...new regulatory agencies, it will be expensive to implement, thereby making it potentially disastrous for the national debt and deficit. Obama's plan is very troubling in many ways. I think he had good intentions, but Romney's got a better, more American style idea.

[aDarkRage27]

Respond to this video... ...achieved greater coverage (and Obama's will too) it was not able to stop premium rises. Obama's plan, because he's applying Romney's formula on the federal level, is vastly more complicated and will probably exacerbate premium increases because of it. That's bad for consumers. Also, because it expands the coverage pool to include so many high risk customers, it could depress private health industries. That's bad for the overall economy. And with all the...

[aDarkRage27]

@dyad2r1 Romney's plan was not bad. It was able to accomplish complete health coverage for the people of Massachusetts, which is why Obama adopted it. The Democrats liberal base has long been concerned which achieving universal healthcare coverage, admittedly a noble goal (though unfortunately most of them would like to eliminate private insurance and institute one single payer, government program, which fortunately neither Obama nor Romney sought to do.) The problem is, while Romney's plan...

[dyad2r1]

@aDarkRage27 -

My question is, if Romney's health care program was so bad, then why did Obama adopt it?