Report: Mitt Romney plan leaves 72M uninsured

[cali]

Mitt Romney’s health care plan wouldn’t just insure fewer people than “Obamacare” — it would make the uninsured problem worse than it would have been if the law had never passed, according to a comparison of the two plans released Tuesday.

The analysis by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based health care research foundation, found that under Romney’s health care plan, the uninsured population would soar to 72 million by 2022 — 12 million higher than if nothing had been done at all.

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The number of insured Americans would rise in every age group under the Affordable Care Act and fall in every group under Romney’s plan, Sara Collins, vice president for Commonwealth’s affordable health insurance program, told reporters in a conference call Monday.

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[RKP5637]

1. People are in the way and dispensable after used in Romney's world - his track record

clearly demonstrates this fact. Use them for the vote and then throw them out, but the fool factor in this nation can't seem to grasp that simple fact.

[rurallib]

2. when did Mitt get a plan?

I thought that was one of his "trust me" issues

[HockeyMom]

3. ACA prohibits insurance companies

from charging higher rates by geographic location. How many people know about that part of it? The rates are sky high in Florida in comparison to NY. They won't be able to do that with ACA.