Romney: States like Texas make nat'l health ins. reform impossible

The day after Mitt Romney formally launched his second campaign for president, the former Massachusetts governor appeared on "Fox & Friends," where he was asked about RomneyCare, the mandated state health care reform measure he enacted as governor:

He said that it was, “right for the people of Massachusetts” and re-iterated his opposition to a national model based on the same plan.

“It’s not the model for the nation… in Massachusetts, 93 percent of people were insured,” Romney said, mentioning that fixing health insurance cannot be done nationally because of states like Texas, where Romney said 25 percent of the population is uninsured.

But former White House senior adviser David Axlerod would beg to differ with Mitt Romney. Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" in March, Axlerod said that the RomneyCare health plan “inspired” President Obama and was a “template” for the White House’s own national program.

- JP