Obama's health insurance rule — it was a GOP idea

[Christa]

WASHINGTON – Republicans were for President Barack Obama's requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it. The obligation in the new health care law is a Republican idea that's been around at least two decades. It was once trumpeted as an alternative to Bill and Hillary Clinton's failed health care overhaul in the 1990s. These days, Republicans call it government overreach.

Mitt Romney, weighing another run for the GOP presidential nomination, signed such a requirement into law at the state level as Massachusetts governor in 2006. At the time, Romney defended it as "a personal responsibility principle" and Massachusetts' newest GOP senator, Scott Brown, backed it. Romney now says Obama's plan is a federal takeover that bears little resemblance to what he did as governor and should be repealed.

Republicans say Obama and the Democrats co-opted their original concept, minus a mechanism they proposed for controlling costs. More than a dozen GOP attorneys general are determined to challenge the requirement in federal court as unconstitutional.

Starting in 2014, the new law will require nearly all Americans to have health insurance through an employer, a government program or by buying it directly. That year, new insurance markets will open for business, health plans will be required to accept all applicants and tax credits will start flowing to millions of people, helping them pay the premiums.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ap/republicans-were-for-obamas-health-insurance-rule-before-they-opposed-it-89318292.html

Edited to replace the original link.

[elocs]

1. Why do I have to scroll over to read your post?

:shrug:

[Christa]

2. I really don't know :(

[elocs]

3. It happens every once in a very great while, but I have found it unusual.

Someone else might have an answer. Interesting post though.

[Christa]

6. I think it was the URL of the link

I changed it.

[elocs]

7. Yep, that was it. Thanks, easier to read now. n/t

[babylonsister]

4. So it's a crying shame they won't be able to take credit for it!

Funny how they tried so hard for months to obstruct their own ideas?! That adds insult to injury.

[cornermouse]

8. Perfect example of

"If its their idea but we pass it, its the right thing to do because losing is not a option" thinking without looking at what was passed with a critical eye regardless of the source.

Pretty much a symptom of what's gone wrong with the democratic party.

[fasttense]

5. And yet we still have no death panels.

If President Obama was serious about implementing RepubliCON policies he would have implemented the death panels.

I want my death panels.

In case you think I'm serious :sarcasm:

[Vinca]

9. Early on, Obama should have make a big deal out of demanding

there be no single payer. Republicans, who are apparently mandated to oppose everything, would then have demanded single payer. No single payer would have "taken away their freedoms."