2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSenior Romney Health Adviser: Obamacare Can Move Health Care System In The Right Direction
Mike Leavitt, President George W. Bushs former Secretary of Health and Human Services and a senior adviser to Mitt Romney, says the Affordable Care Act could help reduce health care costs and transform Americas existing fee-for-service health care model. In an apparent break from Romneys pledge to easily repeal the law, Leavitt told ModernHealthcare that the measure could help move the nation in the right direction:
Mike Leavitt, the former secretary of HHS under President George W. Bush and current Romney adviser, said the federal governments historic $15 trillion debt will drive hard changes in healthcare system to reduce its costs. Those changes, including moving across healthcare from a fee-for-service model to outcomes based payment, may be facilitated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Romney has repeatedly urged repeal and replacement of the law.
The law gives the secretary authority to do certain things that are clearly aimed at trying to move us in this direction, he said in a brief interview after addressing a Washington gathering of the Cancer Action Network. A lot of it will depend on how aggressively the secretary chooses to use the authorities in the law to move us in that direction.
read more at: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/29/434396/senior-romney-health-adviser-obamacare-can-move-health-care-system-in-the-right-direction/
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)RyanPsych
(402 posts)One of Romney's foreign policy advisors said Obama's Asia policy, particularly with China was good.
Its kinda hard to run a campaign when your staff is praising your opponent.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Since this law doesn't even go into effect for 2 more years, and the GOP has been desperately obstructing the executive branch from functioning through appointment delays and refusals, it is important to realize that any of this "progress" that is anticipated will be as much a function of who follows Obama into office. They'll be in the greatest, and longest, position to make a positive motion in that direction. It probably won't be Biden. I do wonder who that will be, and from what party?