TPM
After the first presidential debate at the University of Denver in
Colorado on Wednesday night, one of Mitt Romney’s top advisers
acknowledged that, as a result Romney’s plan to repeal Obamacare, people
with pre-existing medical conditions would likely be unable to purchase
insurance.
The admission directly contradicts the GOP candidate’s claim during
the debate that “pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan” — a
contention Romney has repeated on the trail and that his campaign has
repeatedly walked back.
“With respect to pre-existing conditions, what Governor Romney
has said is for those with continuous coverage, he would continue to
make sure that they receive their coverage,” said Eric Fehrnstrom,
referring to existing laws which require insurance companies to sell
coverage to people who already have insurance, or within 90 days of
losing their employer coverage.
Pressed by TPM’s Evan McMorris-Santoro, Fehrnstrom said those who
currently lack coverage because they have pre-existing conditions would
need their states to implement their own laws — like Romney’s own
Massachusetts health care law — that ban insurance company from
discriminating against sick people.
“We’d like to see states do what Massachusetts did,” Fehrnstrom said.
“In Massachusetts we have a ban on pre-existing conditions.”
Romney’s plan, of course, became the model for Obamacare — a fact
Obama happily reminded Romney and debate watchers Wednesday night.
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