Mitt Romney: I like parts of Obamacare, would keep them in place; Paul Ryan won't reveal tax loopholes to be sealed

GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan insists it’s not a “secret plan. ”But both he and Mitt Romney refused Sunday to identify any of the tax loopholes they would close to help balance the budget.

Both men were asked to be specific during interviews on morning news shows, but they declined to name a single tax-credit or deduction.

Instead, they repeated their insistence that the tax changes would target high-income families and spare the middle class.

On ABC’s “This Week,” Ryan argued that the campaign is keeping the details under wraps in the spirit of openness.

“What we don’t want is a secret plan,” the Wisconsin congressman said. “We want to have this debate in the public. We want to have this debate with Congress...That is a debate we shouldn’t cut in the back room, shouldn’t hatch a secret plan like Obamacare.”

On the subject of Obamacare, Romney did offer from specifics — two parts of the health-care overhaul he now says he will keep if elected.

“I’m not getting rid of all health care reform,” he said in a pre-taped interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“Of course there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place.

“One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage.

“Two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like.”

In the past, Romney has vowed to repeal President Obama’s health-care reform law. Now he says the idea is to “replace” it -- but not all of it.

The apparent repositioning came as Obama was set to attack the GOP on another health-care front: Medicare.

Campaigning in the crucial state of Florida, the President was expected to cite a study by a liberal group that found the Romney plan would hit seniors in the wallet.

The study says that an American who retires in 2023 would pay almost $60,000 more in retirement for Medicare under Romney’s voucher-like proposal.

Those who retire in 2030 would pay more than double that, according to the study by the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

GOP veep hopeful Ryan hit back with a claim that the White House plans to cut hundreds of billions in Medicare spending to finance Obamacare.

In a pre-taped interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Obama said there’s room for negotiation over “adjustments” to Medicare and Medicaid to save money.

“There are still ways we can make (government) leaner and more efficient. I’m more than happy to work with Republicans,” he said.