Romney: "Keep Feds Out of Health Care"

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Associated Press

Romney: Keep Feds Out of Health Care
8/31/07

AIKEN, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused Friday on stopping illegal immigration and keeping Washington out of increased health care coverage.

During a morning campaign stop in Aiken, Romney said he doesn't want the federal government to take over providing health care for the nation's uninsured.

"Don't have 'Hillary Care,'" Romney said, referring to his favorite Democrat target, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. The former Massachusetts governor said he doesn't want to "have the guys who ran the Katrina cleanup" in charge of health care. He said he'd leave it up to states to design their own systems.

Romney had several stops planned in this early voting state Friday, and some were to take him through counties with some of South Carolina's largest immigrant populations.

Romney said he'd help stop illegal immigrants by sanctioning employers that give them paychecks, and oppose so-called sanctuary cities that give illegal immigrants housing and other benefits.

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