Romney Confirms He Will Deny Insurance To Millions With Pre-Existing Conditions If Ob

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Romney Confirms He Will Deny Insurance To Millions With Pre-Existing Conditions If Obamacare Is Struck Down

By Igor Volsky on Jun 12, 2012 at 11:03 am

Mitt Romney confirmed on Tuesday that he would allow insurers to deny coverage to millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare later this month. During a speech at Con-Air Industries in Orlando, Florida, the former Massachusetts governor said that Americans who have not been “continuously insured” would not be protected from discrimination if they suffer from pre-existing conditions:

ROMNEY: So let’s say someone has been continuously insured and they develop a serious condition. And let’s say they lose their jobs or they change jobs or they move and go to a different place, I don’t want them to be denied insurance because they have some pre-existing conditions. So we’re going to have to make sure that the law that we replace Obamacare with, ensures that people who have a pre-existing condition, who have been insured in the past, are able to get insurance in the future so they don’t have to worry about that condition keeping them from getting the kind of health care they deserve.

While the Affordable Care Act would prevent insurers from denying coverage to anyone with a pre-existing condition beginning in 2014, Romney’s provision is far more limited — and would only protect Americans who already have coverage.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/...ruck-down/

Once again, screw the poor. If they had insurance he'll let them keep it for a pre-existing condition. If no insurance......tough.

[janedrake]

Romney may be our first openly-psychopathic candidate for president. He doesn't seem to possess a shred of human compassion or empathy.

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(06-12-2012 10:26 AM)janedrake Wrote:  Romney may be our first openly-psychopathic candidate for president. He doesn't seem to possess a shred of human compassion or empathy.

[sandnsea]

The insurance portability act already covers people with pre-existing conditions who move from job to job. He doesn't know anything about anything. He probably doesn't even know anything about Bain Capital. He probably just takes money out when he wants, like he did when he struggled through college on AMC stocks.

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The media is ignoring the part about his plan will only allow preexisting conditions if they have been 'continuously insured'. This is a big deal, it says that people who have gone without insurance still won't get it. Please, correct this myth of Willard being compassionate with the truth.

[Hekate]

It's by no means just "the poor" who will be screwed by this. My kids are in their mid-30s now -- my son has a good job and career and my daughter is poor.

My son had a head injury in high school and in the past few years has developed a seizure disorder. My daughter's first pregnancy ended in a C-section, and every subsequent pregnancy was required to be the same.

Both will be SOL under any Republican scheme.

My husband and I, thank God, will at least be covered by MediCare when he retires the second time.

Have I mentioned yet today how much I hate the Republican Party?