Mitt Romney Health Care

Mitt Could Repeat Bush's Health Care Blunder

Bloomberg | Posted 05.22.2012

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Mitt Romney, so long bedeviled by the politics of health care, may be about to make another serious mistake. He is on the verge of spelling out a p...

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Friday Talking Points [204] -- The Herd Mentality

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2012

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Mitt is arguing for a "big government" solution to the problem health care. This is so far from Republican orthodoxy that it really deserves to be called out.

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Jay Leno Is Better Than The Entire Political Media At Asking Romney Health Care Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2012

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Earlier today, I made mention of the fact that CNN's Wolf Blitzer, armed with a golden opportunity to ask Mitt Romney what he would replace Obamacare ...

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Mitt Romney Vague On Health Care And Pre-Existing Conditions

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 03.28.2012

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Mitt Romney was vague on Tuesday about how he would deal with people who have pre-existing conditions and are trying to get insurance, saying there sh...

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Romney: 'If I’m The Godfather Of This Thing, Then It Gives Me The Right To Kill It.'

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 03.27.2012

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Mitt Romney was asked by conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt Monday evening about a comment made by President Barack Obama's Senior Adviser ...

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Things Get Messy For Mitt On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.26.2012

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On April 12, 2006 at a ceremony held at Fanueil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) signed a law mandating that nearly every resident c...

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Rick Santorum's Health Care Reform In '94: You Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- As the GOP presidential primary has been essentially winnowed to a two-man race, Rick Santorum has ramped up his rhetoric against Mitt R...

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A History Of Romney's Health Care Fibs

nymag.com | Posted 03.15.2012

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Wednesday afternoon, Mitt Romney appeared on Fox News and was presented with yet another piece of evidence that he has misrepresented his health care ...

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Santorum Calls Health Care Law A 'Death Knell For Freedom'

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.09.2012

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Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum renewed his attacks on President Obama's signature health care legislation on Thursday, telling a large ...

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Mitt Romney's Health Care Op-Ed Gives Him A Big Problem

Ryan Grim | Posted 05.04.2012

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The immediate reaction to Mitt Romney's 2009 USA Today op-ed on health care reform has zeroed in on his suggestion that President Obama pursue an individual mandate. But that focus misses a broader problem the op-ed creates for Romney.

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Mitt Romney Pushed RomneyCare As Model For Obama In 2009

Huffington Post | Peter Finocchiaro | Posted 03.03.2012

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Health care reform has been perhaps the biggest policy obstacle to Mitt Romney's presidential hopes since Congress passed the national overhaul early ...

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Rick Santorum Compares Mitt Romney To Michael Dukakis

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.23.2012

Tired of hearing Mitt Romney crow about his record of balancing the budget while governor of Massachusetts, Rick Santorum delivered what may have been...

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When The Poor Have Health Care Coverage, The Cost Goes Down For All

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.10.2012

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The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize the Affordable Care Act -- dubbing it the "Job-Killing Heal...

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Santorum: Romney 'Absolutely Incapable' Of Making Case Against 'Obamacare'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 02.06.2012

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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is down, but not out. After a last-place finish in Saturday's Nevada caucus, the GOP presidential hopeful is upping ...

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Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up?

Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.04.2012

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We're glad the governor is expressing support for a safety net and for fixing it if it needs repair. Yet his own budget proposals would tear gaping holes in the safety net and damage it severely.

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Romney Gives Awkward Response When Pressed On Key Issue

Posted 01.09.2012

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney got caught up in an uncomfortable confrontation Monday, when a woman pressed him on his position on health care...

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Gingrich Praised Rival For Plan He Now Attacks

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.27.2011

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich praised the health care law that his rival for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, sign...

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GOP Candidate: 'My Views Are Progressive'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.13.2011

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Mitt Romney described his views as "progressive" at a 2002 campaign stop in Worcester, Mass., while running for governor. "I think the old standby ...

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'Mitt Is Sort Of Running Against Mitt Right Now'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.06.2011

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Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday, saying the former Massachusetts governor "is going t...

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Mitt Romney Said Allowing People To Forgo Health Insurance Is 'Not American' In 2006

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly half a year into his second run for the White House, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has yet to clear his primary elect...

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'They're The Same F***ing Bill'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

Jonathan Gruber, an M.I.T. economist hired by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to help craft health care reform, sharply criticized the Republican presi...

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Mitt Romney: 'Man Of Steadiness' Or Flip-Flopper?

AP | By STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 01.12.2012

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BOSTON -- When he was running for Massachusetts governor in 2002, Mitt Romney's campaign courted voters at a Boston Gay Pride weekend by handing out f...

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Mitt Romney Floats Eyebrow Raiser On Veterans Day

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney floated an eyebrow-raising suggestion on Veterans Day: privatize veterans' health care. Speaking with a dozen vets in an ...

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Romney Still Struggles To Break Out Of Pack, Poll Shows

The Washington Post | Jon Cohen and Dan Balz | Posted 01.06.2012

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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has a significant advantage over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in only one area — ...

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Romney Moves To Embrace Paul Ryan Medicare Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney proposed overhauling Medicare to allow beneficiaries to enroll in private health care plan...

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