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In 1989 Heritage Advocated for Mandatory Health Insurance.. What Changed?.. (Original Post)
Cha
Oct 2013
OP
Some think (but not me) that a few Congresspersons bought health insurance stock before voting
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
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AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)1. Some think (but not me) that a few Congresspersons bought health insurance stock before voting
in favor of the mandatory purchase of health insurance.
Nah, that can't be it.
There must be a different explanation.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)4. Apparently they didn't break the law doing it, either. Insane. nt
Cha
(297,321 posts)2. Kicking to get the FACTS OUT!
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)3. Hmm. You're telling me that ObamaCare is a far-right plan?
Interesting.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)5. ...
Cha
(297,321 posts)6. Statement from the Fucking Heritage Terrorists.. if anyone
cares to read their hypocritical shit.
http://heritageaction.com/key-votes/key-vote-no-on-house-spending-and-debt-deal/
Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)8. The real question is why are we supporting it?
solarhydrocan
(551 posts)9. Start pulling on that thread and the whole damn sweater is at risk
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)10. An African-American Democrat was elected president
and got the mandatory health insurance law passed. That's what changed.
pampango
(24,692 posts)11. That plus the Massachusetts legislature changed the HF idea so much that romney vetoed it
and the liberal Democratic legislature passed it over his veto.
Bunnahabhain
(857 posts)12. In case anyone wants to read the Heritage original proposal
http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/1991/pdf/hl298.pdf
IMO it's a pretty intelligent take on dismantling the perverse incentives that still exist and the conundrum that the current tax treatment helps those that need help the least the most. I think many of us here have been long time supporters of eliminating the preferred treatment premiums paid by employers have vs. premiums paid by the individual. Unsurprisingly one might conclude the underlying philosophy of the Heritage proposal is somewhat different from that underlying the ACA but both see healthcare as a public good that should be fostered.
IMO it's a pretty intelligent take on dismantling the perverse incentives that still exist and the conundrum that the current tax treatment helps those that need help the least the most. I think many of us here have been long time supporters of eliminating the preferred treatment premiums paid by employers have vs. premiums paid by the individual. Unsurprisingly one might conclude the underlying philosophy of the Heritage proposal is somewhat different from that underlying the ACA but both see healthcare as a public good that should be fostered.