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Mitt Romney: “Actually, what we have right now is the road to socialism. What we have right now in health care is creeping socialism…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2012
Actually, what we have right now is the road to socialism. What we have right now in health care is creeping socialism with more and more people going on Medicaid and Medicare, and those who don't have insurance, when they show up at the hospital, they get care. They get free care paid for by you and me. If that's not a form of socialism, I don't know what is.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney critiques the current health care system, labeling it as a form of socialism due to the reliance on Medicaid and Medicare.

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