Flippity Flop: Roy Blunt Now Against Protecting Adults With Preexisting Conditions
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post's WhoRunsGov.com:
Rep. Roy Blunt, in a video being circulated by the DSCC, appears to come out against insuring adults with pre-existing conditions, on the grounds that it would give people “every incentive” not to get insurance until they absolutely have to.
Dems point out that this is, as it happens, a pretty good argument in favor of the individual mandate.
Last June, Roy Blunt said it was very important to provide affordable coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. In fact, it was his number one priority in a list of goals for his poorly-named "Health Care Solutions Group." He wrote:
The House Republican Health Care Solutions Group has been working for months on a plan... This process has resulted in the broad outline of a health care reform plan that the solutions group hopes will receive bipartisan support. The health care reforms outlined are designed to:
- Make quality health care coverage affordable and accessible for every American, regardless of pre-existing health conditions.
Now, Blunt mocks people who "have done nothing to protect themselves."
Flippity flop.
