Could Romney Repeal The Health Law? It Wouldn't Be Easy
"On Day 1 of my administration, I'll direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. And then I'll go about getting it repealed," he told Newsmax TV in September 2011. But there are two big questions there. First of all, could a President Romney actually stop the health law in its tracks? And if he did try, what would happen? First, it turns out that stopping the law may be harder than the law's opponents realize. For one thing, if he's elected, Romney can't just grant waivers letting states ignore the law on his first day as president. "There are waivers under the law, but not an across-the-board waiver," said Tom Miller, a lawyer with the conservative American Enterprise Institute. For the record, Miller is an avid opponent of the health law.
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President Romney
Overall Sentiment: 0.0437331
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| 0.243132 | "Sure, he can rewrite the regulations for example ... but fundamentally, he can't change the law," he said. ... |
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Tom Miller
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| -0.268173 | "There are waivers under the law, but not an across-the-board waiver," said Tom Miller, ... |
| 0 | "You can try anything under the law," he said. ... |
| -0.223641 | "If you implement it in its entirety you'll also cause chaos in the market — would be my rejoinder," he said. ... |
| -0.23055 | "If you implement it in its entirety you'll also cause chaos in the market — would be my rejoinder," he said. "We're going to have chaos in either case." |
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Robert Laszewski
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| 0.0858774 | "Budget reconciliation rules require them to have a budget resolution, and require them to be able to vote out the changes, and that timetable will take him to at least mid-year," he said. ... |
| 0 | "Every state legislature's got a decision to make about whether they build an insurance exchange or not," Laszewski said. ... |
| -0.334123 | "Every state legislature's got a decision to make about whether they build an insurance exchange or not," Laszewski said. "Everyone has sort of treaded water until the election — then we're go or no go. If Romney's elected, it's like - we don't know what's going to go or not. And it's just going to be one hell of a mess." |
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Obamacare
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| 0.317899 | "On Day 1 of my administration, I'll direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to grant a waiver from Obamacare to all 50 states. And then I'll go about getting it repealed," he told ... |
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