Ravi
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Yep. And he also supported a single payer system modeled on Medicare for poor people. He kept changing his mind depending on whether or not Democrats supported whatever he was peddling.Yes newt wanted a mandate for healthcare coverage back in 1993 and as recent as 2008
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That's not what she said. She said that he supported single payer, not a mandate.
Incidently, supporting a mandate in 1993 wasn't such a bad idea, compared to what Hillary was proposing. But that was back when you could get health insurance for a reasonable price.
Today it would cost $10,000 to get insurance for a family when the median family income is $50,000. That's what makes a mandate so onerous.
Newt supported "Obamacare."