Romney, Hatch, Bennett All Supported Health Insurance “Mandate”
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2006 – Romney: “We insist that everybody who drives a car has insurance. And cars are a lot less expensive than people.” In other words, a mandate. 1993 – Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett co-sponsored a GOP health reform bill requiring people to have medical coverage. In other words, a mandate. WTF? – There was an exemption for people opposed to holding coverage for religious reasons??? — Republican attorneys general in more than a dozen states, including Utah, are suing over health care reform passed by Congress and signed by President Obama, for “forcing” people to get medical insurance. But just four years ago, when he was governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney signed a bill into law requiring people to have medical coverage. And back in 1993, Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett co-sponsored a GOP health reform bill, which seemed to do the very same thing. The measure, more than 300 pages long, had brief but potent language, under a section entitled “Universal Coverage.” It read, “Effective January 1, 2005, each individual who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States shall be covered under–(1) a qualified health plan, or (2) an equivalent health care program.” There was an exemption for people opposed to holding coverage for religious reasons. In a Wednesday satellite interview with 2News from Washington, Senator Hatch said he joined with Republicans 17 years ago, who were trying to defeat “Hillarycare,” a reference to then First …
BI30 said on July 21, 2012
Hatch: “Since then, I’ve been studying the Constitution.”
So you were suggesting and even passing “unconstitutional” laws in the early 90′s? By his own admission, he couldn’t tell what’s unconstitutional back then, and that now the Supremes have ruled ObamaCare Constitutional, he STILL argues it’s not; ergo, despite “studying the Constitution since then”, Hatch STILL can’t tell when something is Constitutional.
GeorgieWise said on July 21, 2012
He studied Constitutional law. His teacher was Michele Bachmann. How long is Orin going to suck on the government teat?
rickyp32 said on July 21, 2012
can you say Hippocratic
1John111 said on July 21, 2012
“The idea for a health care plan [in Massachusetts] was not mine alone,” Mitt Romney explained. “The Heritage Foundation — a great conservative think tank — helped on that. I’m told Newt Gingrich, one of the very first people who came up with the idea of an individual mandate, did that years and years ago”:
In 2007 Newt Gingrich said “Personal responsibility extends to the purchase of health insurance. Citizens should not be able to cheat their neighbors by not buying insurance”
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sfafasfasfsa said on July 21, 2012
if the smartest guys in the party supported it until radio talk show host told it was socialism so the smart people have to lie.
Im sorry but im just tried of stuff like this
vechorik said on July 21, 2012
– ROMNEY’S 2012 PLAN CUTS MEDICARE–Ron Paul’s plan cuts $1 trillion the first year and balances the budget in 3 years. The plan cuts by ending the costly unconstitutional foreign wars, and cuts foreign welfare, corporate welfare, and overgrown federal bureaucracy. These cuts doe not affect those who are dependent on domestic spending programs such as Medicare. Romney’s plan cuts Medicare, on which many elderly Americans rely.
democratsaresmart said on July 21, 2012
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NowThePeople said on July 21, 2012
Yea but the kicker is that Mitt has said time and time again that his health care reform in Massachusetts has actually helped lower the cost, and also helped his state. But now that he is running for the GOP candidate he has completely flip-flopped. It is almost embarrassing to see how fake he is being, and how he can’t believe the words that are actually coming out of his mouth. He is just telling the GOP what they want to hear so he will get elected, anyone can see right through him.
Aegius said on July 21, 2012
Hello? Romney supported Romneycare in MA which required mandatory health insurance. No one is denying that he favored it. Still who cares? It was in 1993, not 2010. If the Repubs screwed up then, so what? They aren’t screwing up now by opposing the ridiculous assault on our liberty. If Libs/Lefties want to purchase mandatory health ins, go ahead, but don’t drag the rest of us into it.
suemorphplus2009 said on July 21, 2012
also take a comparison with the states as well. States vary in demographic, medical statistics, etc. It’s worth some discussion. The differences between a single federal mandate and accounting for state differences is worth discussion. I think it’s worth accounting those differences.
ChinoBlanco said on July 21, 2012
On what planet is Romney in a position to accomplish anything other than taking potshots at Obama? Here’s a newsflash: Romney doesn’t currently hold political office, he’s not even a declared candidate, and it’s looking increasingly as if he has no path to the GOP nomination. So, who is Mitt Romney? A one-term former governor making dubious claims about legislation that he likely would’ve supported if it had been his own. Mitt is freaked and left the middle ground on HCR behind days ago.
jedmerrill said on July 21, 2012
We’ve gone through a year of debate. It’s natural that people should emerge more enlightened, and possibly less so in certain areas. For example, some of us now say we should do nothing, where a year ago we might have at least wanted to allow transference between jobs. (An element of Romney’s bill.) I believe Romney is best positioned to deal with finding the middle ground. He wants to repeal the bad Obama bill and put together a more common sense, free market solution focused on deregulation.
YesOn1Maine said on July 21, 2012
That’s pretty funny coming from such a prolific commenter like yourself. Touch a nerve?
In any case, thanks for the concern, but uploading clips from local Utah newscasts is not exactly hard work. I think I’ll survive.
omiolo2 said on July 21, 2012
your fixation with ALL things Mormon and from Utah, seems unhealthy at best.
Do something productive with your life! Bitterness is NOT a good thing.
Go out and help the poor, volunteer, etc.