ORLANDO As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the constitutionality of President Obamas health-care overhaul, Mitt Romney laid out an alternative on Tuesday that would make the health insurance system more like a consumer market.

Addressing supporters in Orlando, Romney fleshed out a plan that he proposed earlier, one that would apply free-enterprise principles to the nations health-care system rather than operate it like a government-managed utility, letting competition drive down prices and increase quality. He also vowed to divert federal Medicaid money and other federal funding to state governments, making them responsible for covering the uninsured. And he promised that his plan would help cover people with preexisting conditions, one of the more popular components of Obamas law.

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