" Mitt Romney’s pledge to guarantee access to health insurance for people with longstanding medical problems confused some experts and highlighted the difficulty of repealing the new health care law while keeping some of its popular features.
“I’m not getting rid of all of health care reform,” Mr. Romney said over the weekend on the NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Of course, there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I’m going to put in place. One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.”
Mr. Romney did not explain a significant feature of his proposal: he would explicitly guarantee insurance for people with existing conditions only if they have maintained coverage without a significant gap. That could exclude millions of Americans with medical problems like cancer, heart disease and asthma.
This qualification was clear in a statement that Mr. Romney issued in March, when he called for repeal of the 2010 law and presented his own vision for health care. Mr. Romney said then that he would “prevent discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions who maintain continuous coverage.” Thus, aides to Mr. Romney said, he was not breaking new ground with his comments over the weekend.
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