Pic Of The Moment: Romney: Repeal ObamaCare, Let Insurers Deny Coverage For Pre-Existing Conditions

[EarlG]

Romney Admits His Health Plan Would Not Prohibit Discrimination Based On Pre-Existing Conditions

[siligut]

1. "Face it, you lost in the gene game and then your lifestyle spent all your cash/life."

I would bet Romney buys into the idea that if people are sick, it is their own fault.

[JEB]

2. Mitt will take your guns

if you aren't a member of the big M club. At least, that's what I heard.

[LynneSin]

3. Ann Romney should be grateful they have $200 million dollars

I know of some people with MS who struggle with their healthcare bills and MS can be used to deny healthcare.

[Ms. Toad]

7. Yes. At her age, insurance (if she could get it)

on the open market would be beyond the reach of most individuals with an illness of that severity. For my daughter, with a chronic progressive autoimmune liver disease, before health care reform buying insurance at age 18 on the open market (during the mandatory-accept-everyone-not-currently-hospitalized period in Ohio) would have cost her around $18,000/year. I believe it is about double at the top of the age range where Ann Romney is (or is close).

Most people with an illness like MS cannot maintain a job which covers living expenses plus $18-$36,000 a year for health insurance (not to mention the deductible and co-pay expenses). Pre health care reform, my daughter was at the point of being kicked out of college because she could not manage full time status, and kept dropping classes (or failing them) - but she had to start there each year or be ineligible for coverage under my health insurance. Her transcript looks like crap because of all of the "Ws" scattered throughout - but she had no choice. Full time status was the only way as an 18+ child to stay on my insurance.

[LynneSin]

9. The filthy rich just don't have a clue

Your daughter is no less important or loved than Ann Romney. Why should she have all the benefits and not your child? We still need alot of work to improve the current healthcare package but at least it's better than what it use to be.

So your daughter is covered under you until 27 then? I hope she can still make it back to school but at least she can go part time.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Either 26 or 27 (I don't remember Ohio's rules)

She's going part time. In what should have been be her senior year she has had her first two crisis free semesters (if you count a c-Diff infection at the beginning of the semester crisis free LOL). She seems to be able to manage 8-9 hours a semester, so it will take her about 2 more years to finish. The semester health care reform allowed her to be covered without requiring full time student status, she withdrew and took part time classes at a less strenuous school while she caught up with herself.

Currently, she is taking summer school classes in chemistry (she has 8 hours of AP chemistry, from before her illness became overwhelming) and has not done chemistry since then (hasn't been able to handle the math/science logic - liver conditions do that to you).

She's decided she wants to be a doctor and will take organic chemistry in the fall (arguably the hardest class at her college). This is a regular chemistry refresher - and an intro to bio-chem and organic. Her change in direction toward becoming a doctor excites me (it is the first thing she has been motivated by since her diagnosis her freshman year), and terrifies me (I can't imagine her getting in to medical school with her transcripts - or being able to handle a medical school schedule). I don't want to discourage her...but I don't want to set her up for failure, either.

As long as health care reform isn't overturned, the mandatory (low cost/subsidized) health care will kick in before she ages out of my plan. Overturning it is pretty much my worst nightmare.

[klook]

4. Every one of the cars in RMoney's multi-floor garage has that bumper sticker:

"Republican Health Care Plan - Don't Get Sick!"

[lastlib]

5. Keep ObamaCare--Repeal GOPDon'tCare.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. That's a brilliant bumper sticker logo

GOPDon'tCare

[bayareaboy]

6. Someone has to prognosicate here...

I think that Mr Mean Mittens can't really deal with the voters here. I suspect he is upset that no one will listen to him and bring the crown to him now!

I suspect that he will sit and stew until about a month or so after the election then he takes all the dressage crap to perhaps Swiss- Miss land.

[Major Hogwash]

8. And take away health care insurance for 16 million kids!!!

Unbelievable!!!!

[sarcasmo]

11. All for the corporation, that is the tag line I would be running on an endless ad loop if I were

President Obama.

[PatrynXX]

13. yeah hes for the real DEATH PANELS

gonna pull the plug on grandma...

[Little Star]

14. EarlG, stop pointing out the truth! k&r