But it's older than Mitt Romney even tater...don't spin this by making him a scape goat. The idea had been touted as an alternative to Bill and Hillary's failed reform in 1990, and when there was a paper published in 1991 about the subject it was well received by bush senior.
and yes the mandate IS wrong...but the republicans let it be in the bill after they "compromised" and watered down the bill. If i had to guess they also had a hand in getting that little gem i there. The only reason they have been "rejecting" the bill is because it's good politics and they are banking on the fact that nobody will remember that many of them were all for what this bill proposes 10 years ago.
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