I gather you did not listen to anything he ever said about it. He was always clear that it only worked in Mass due to the demographics there.
Fascinating that it didn't work there either......
Mass. ditches RomneyCare exchange
RomneyCare’s pioneering health insurance exchange is headed for the scrap heap.
Bay State officials are taking steps this week to junk central parts of their dysfunctional health insurance exchange — the model for President Barack Obama’s health care law — and merge with the federal enrollment site HealthCare.gov.
https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/massachusetts-romneycare-health-care-exchange-106362