"No. 1," declared Mitt Romney in Wednesday's debate, "pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan." No, they aren't -- as Romney's own advisers have conceded in the past, and did again after the debate. Full Story »
Posted by Randy Morrow
What Romney did in the debate, in other words, was, at best, to play a word game with voters, pretending to offer something Advertisement substantive for the uninsured while actually offering nothing. For all practical purposes, he simply lied about what his policy proposals would do. —— What about the claim made by a Romney adviser that states could step in to guarantee coverage for pre-existing conditions? That’s nonsense. Romney wants to eliminate restrictions on interstate insurance sales, depriving states of regulatory power.
Mitten has lied/mislead again about his health care “plan” (bad Mitten), and Dr. Krugman takes a look at those lies.