Former Republican presidential nominee says the President lied to Americans when he told them they could keep their existing health-insurance plans Days after President Barack Obama visited Massachusetts to trump his signature health care law, former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the architect of the Massachusetts health care law that served as a model for the national bill, accused the President of lying when he told Americans that they could keep their existing health-insurance plans. I think that fundamental dishonesty has put in peril the entire basis for his second term, Romney said Sunday on NBCsMeet the Press.Insurers are canceling plans that dont meet the Affordable Care Acts standards, forcing those on the individual market with those plans to search for a new plan that meets the laws criteria. In the interview with David Gregory, Romney pushed back on some of the revelations in a new book on last years presidential campaign, Double Down: Game Change 2012.No one could have worked harder than myself and my family did for the campaign, Romney said, responding to claims he didnt want to win the White House. Continue reading →