Romney Health Care

Romney's Health Care Plan: Leave Millions Uninsured

The New Republic | Posted 05.24.2012

Editor's Note: After looking at the economic platform of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, this installment of our series on his policy plans exa...

Romney's Obamacare Exaggeration Stretches Truth

Posted 05.10.2012

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Mitt Romney falsely claims government will "constitute … almost 50 percent" of the U.S. e...

Obama Campaign Celebrates 'Romneycare' Anniversary

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 04.12.2012

The Obama campaign isn't about to let Mitt Romney forget about his health care law -- or that the president used it as a model for the Affordable Care...

Luke Johnson

Things Get Messy For Mitt On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 03.26.2012

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...

Mitt Romney of Mars

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.13.2012

Chris Kelly

Reading about the failure of a can't-miss, sure-fire, home run that wasn't, like John Carter, made me think about Mitt Romney.

New Data Suggests Insurance Premium Growth Slowed in MA After Romney's Reforms

Fred Bauer | Posted 04.25.2012

Fred Bauer

One of the banner claims against Romney's Massachusetts health-care reform is that this reform caused premiums to skyrocket. New data shows otherwise.

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

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.10.2012

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

Invasion of the Republicrats!

MP Nunan | Posted 03.14.2012

MP Nunan

Are you confused by the amount of cross-the-aisle policy incest going on in the Republican primaries -- and the White House? You're not alone!

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...

Sam Stein

Mitt Romney's Medicare, Medicaid Claim Backfires

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.16.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told voters on the campaign trail in Iowa today that before he entered the world of politics, he n...

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.30.2011

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...

'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...

Bachmann Launches Specific Attacks At Unnamed Rivals

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.07.2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) seemed to attack two of her Republican rivals, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Godfather's Pizza CEO ...

Twist In Political Past Could Bite GOP Contender

The Los Angeles Times | Noam N. Levey | Posted 12.24.2011

The Massachusetts healthcare law that then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed in 2006 includes a program known as the Health Safety Net, which allows undocumente...

Sam Stein

Will The Second Time Be The Charm For Romney?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- While he may be capped at roughly 25 percent support in national polls, it's become accepted theory that Mitt Romney is a smoother presi...

Rick Perry's Harsh Attack Appears To Walk Fine Line With The Rules

Posted 12.10.2011

A new, slickly produced campaign ad from Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry appears to run afoul with the rules with its use of ...

Sam Stein

Mitt Romney's Romneycare Hasn't Been The Campaign Pothole It Appeared To Be

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- It was supposed to be the catacomb for his presidential ambitions, a policy so poisonous for Republican voters that he'd have to abandon...

Is Mitt Romney in Trouble in Michigan?

Susan J. Demas | Posted 08.27.2011

Susan J. Demas

There are signs of trouble in Romneyland, starting right here in his home state of Michigan -- a state critical to both his primary and general election strategies.

Sam Stein

Religious Conservative Group To Attack Mitt Romney On Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2011

WASHINGTON -- A religious conservative group that spent part of the 2008 campaign attacking Mitt Romney on grounds that he signed off on pro-abortion ...

Sam Stein

Mitt Romney's Other Health Care Hurdle: Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2011

WASHINGTON -- With former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney set to formally announce his presidential campaign this week and with several publication...

Health Care Ills Infect 2012-Bound Republicans

Posted 07.18.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The troubled healthcare industry, recently a problem for Democrats facing voter anger over President Barack Obama's overhau...

Sam Stein

Newt Gingrich Swiftly Takes Back Critique Of Ryan Plan, Renounces Individual Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.16.2011

WASHINGTON -- Embarking on a lengthy swing through the critical caucus state of Iowa, newly minted presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is already ref...

Sam Stein

White House Reacts To Romney's Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.13.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, on Friday, continued to apply a veritable death hug to likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, p...

Sam Stein

Newt Gingrich Was More Supportive Of Individual Mandates Than Mitt Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.12.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is set to defend his state's health care law from conservative critics in a high-profile speec...

Democrats Aim To Taint Mitt Romney With Unconventional Strategy

AP | STEVE LeBLANC | Posted 05.25.2011

BOSTON — President Barack Obama and other top Democrats have been quick to lavish praise on former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Mitt Romney for...