History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010

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These Radicals Really make me mad

History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010 - Health Care Reform - ProCon.org

The concept of the individual health insurance mandate originated in 1989 at the conservative Heritage Foundation. In 1993, Republicans twice introduced health care bills that contained an individual health insurance mandate. Advocates for those bills included prominent Republicans who today oppose the mandate including Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Robert Bennett (R-UT), and Christopher Bond (R-MO). In 2007, Democrats and Republicans introduced a bi-partisan bill containing the mandate.

Sidenote: Pawlenty, Romney, Santorum and Newt all were socialist radicals before they were against it

 

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It was a stupid idea then and it's a stupid idea now.

BTW, how does it feel to be so devoid of any original thoughts, that you have to steal stupid ideas from your reputed opposition?

 

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It was a stupid idea then and it's a stupid idea now.

BTW, how does it feel to be so devoid of any original thoughts, that you have to steal stupid ideas from your reputed opposition?

Not stupid idea, a leftist socialist radical idea pushed by the GOP for a decade. Only once Obama proposed it did they realize, 10 years later, that they were against it.

 

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So, you admit that it's socialistic and not even an original idea....About time.

And, yes, it's fucking stupid no matter who came up with it.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

That won't stop it from being declared unconstitutional in a few months.

 

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So, you admit that it's socialistic and not even an original idea....About time.

And, yes, it's fucking stupid no matter who came up with it.

So you admit the Heritage Foundation, Newt, Pawlenty, Mitt, Santorum etc are all socialist?

 

[JoeB131]

My thoughts on this.

Yup, some conservatives thought this was a great idea as an ALTERNATIVE to a single payer, government controlled system.

And a lot of the hostility towards it is nothing more than hostility towards Obama, not on substance.

It doesn't make it a good idea.

The problem is NOT the uninsured. Most of them aren't buying insurance becuase they are young, healthy and any health problems they have can mostly be paid out of pocket.

The problem is for those who do need health insurance. The old, the unhealthy, those with chronic conditions.... The thing is that their expenses are increasing at 3 times the rate of inflation. and the base is not strong enough to support that.

All a "mandate" does is get people who don't need it to pay for those who do. So it's really a tax by other means. With Big Insurance getting its cut. It doesn't solve the major problem, the runaway cost of health care.

 

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So, you admit that it's socialistic and not even an original idea....About time.

And, yes, it's fucking stupid no matter who came up with it.

So you admit the Heritage Foundation, Newt, Pawlenty, Mitt, Santorum etc are all socialist?

Yes, yes I do.

I've opposed all of those dweebs.

G'head and ask anyone who knows me, knucklehead.

Next worthless retort?