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1994 Report: Santorum supported individual mandate [rubbish!]
Washington Examiner ^ | 01/27/2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 01/27/2012 4:52:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Rick Santorum supported the idea of "requir[ing] individuals to buy health insurance" when he ran for U.S. Senate in 1994, according to a local feature article comparing the candidates during that election cycle.

"Santorum and [his opponent] would require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for employee benefits," The Morning Call (Pa.) reported in 1994. The Morning Call noted that Santorum had also called for a MediSave account and had opposed so-called "sin" taxes.

If true, the distinction between requiring people to buy health insurance and an individual mandate might be lost on the voters who have heard Santorum excoriate Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich for their support of the individual mandate -- which, in Gingrich's case, dates back to the early 90s.

The Morning Call does not quote Santorum making comments supportive of an individual mandate, or quote any other candidates in the piece, which attempts to summarize several candidates' positions on health care.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; mandate; rinos; rinosantorum; santorum; santorum4mandates; santorum4romney; santroum4mandates
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1 posted on 01/27/2012 4:52:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

another hit piece

Santorums suggestion does not call for universal forcing on the population of govt insurance whose bureaucrats then control their life or death decisions on treatment with no appeal


2 posted on 01/27/2012 4:57:21 AM PST by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common- Voltaire)
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To: SeekAndFind

“and had opposed so-called “sin” taxes.”

well, that’s good. He’s not that Huckabeeish


3 posted on 01/27/2012 4:58:02 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I watched Santorum’s 1994 Senate campaign and his fearless and unapologetic destruction of Harris Wofford in the debates, and I do not remember him propsing an indivudual mandate.


4 posted on 01/27/2012 5:01:54 AM PST by Daveinyork
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t support an individual mandate, but they need to couple that stand with a Federal law that allows healthcare providers to refuse to treat someone if they don’t have the means to pay. Telling hospitals you have to treat anyone and pass the costs on to the rest of us is nuts.


5 posted on 01/27/2012 5:05:49 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: SeekAndFind
Team Romney is really good. Santorum scored last night and the next morning the hit pieces are out... I will give him credit for destroying his opposition. IF he gets the nomination he better show the same vigor on Obama.... if he doesn't, many former supporters of Perry, Cain and Newt will not vote for him.
7 posted on 01/27/2012 5:09:21 AM PST by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: 11th Commandment

Romney is a snake, masquerading as a conservative. He would do more to destroy conservativism by winning than by losing. As President, he would be impotent, just as he was as governor of Massachusetts. The public will confuse Romney with being a conservative and move away from the idea of conservatism without realizing that Romney is a fraud.

This Newt supporter will not vote for Romney—period.


8 posted on 01/27/2012 5:25:56 AM PST by CASchack
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To: SeekAndFind

Mitt Romney supported the idea of “requiring individuals to buy health insurance” while he is running for the GOP nomination in 2011, according to Mitt Romney.


9 posted on 01/27/2012 6:01:13 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: ari-freedom

2012. It’s still the first month of the new year, you know.


10 posted on 01/27/2012 6:02:13 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA/PIPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: Daveinyork

http://articles.mcall.com/1994-05-02/news/2979474_1_cooper-grandy-health-reform-employees-premiums/2


11 posted on 01/27/2012 6:05:22 AM PST by Abby4116
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To: SeekAndFind
No proof.

Willard's opposition research hacks are back at it today.

12 posted on 01/27/2012 6:08:39 AM PST by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind
"Santorum and [his opponent] would require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for employee benefits,"

Tricky word "require". Does it mean by force or by necessity, and no way to tell from this context. I bet the original journalist-idiot didn't care, and just spat their 1500 words out that day. Santorum probably meant by necessity, since he seems to at least be honest about rights. (Yes, I liked his Why and How lesson last night, and prefer him, but I'll happily vote for Newt (and Rubio VP???) if Santorum does not succeed.

13 posted on 01/27/2012 6:09:45 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: SeekAndFind
Just another garbage piece by the Romney forces.

EVERY congressional Republican--EVERYONE OF THEM--supported the individual mandate as set out by the Heritage Foundation's proposal back in 1994, because that was the Republican strategy for opposing Hilarycare.

Once cooler heads prevailed, and Hilarycare had been defeated, most of them backed away from the concept.

Romney was an advocate of the mandate back then and still is. End of story.

Santorum ROCKED last night. By far it was his best night, and he clearly won the overall debate.
14 posted on 01/27/2012 6:17:49 AM PST by Sudetenland (Anybody but Obama!!!!)
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To: 11th Commandment

Romney will do anything, say anything to get what he wants. It’s all about money and power. Not any different than BO and the American sheeple are following along yet again.


15 posted on 01/27/2012 6:21:39 AM PST by hoosiermama
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To: Daveinyork

Because he did not

Another hit piece on Santorum


16 posted on 01/27/2012 6:25:37 AM PST by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: Abby4116
Santorum and [his opponent] would require individuals to buy health insurance rather than forcing employers to pay for employee benefits,"

Top of page two on the web page. The Romnbots probably had woodies all night after finding that.

17 posted on 01/27/2012 6:25:57 AM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Sudetenland
EVERY congressional Republican--EVERYONE OF THEM--supported the individual mandate as set out by the Heritage Foundation's proposal back in 1994, because that was the Republican strategy for opposing Hilarycare.

That is why the left adopted the phrase "individual mandate" to describe their plans after that. It was a means to adopt the right's language, but distort it into redistribution.

18 posted on 01/27/2012 6:27:20 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
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To: SeekAndFind

The concept of an insurance mandate has a conservative pedigree, so its not really surprising that Rick Santorum expressed support for it at some time.


19 posted on 01/27/2012 6:33:47 AM PST by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: 11th Commandment

That makes him less likeable in my opinion, if that’s even possible. Of course, the media outlets doing Mitt’s bidding right now are the same ones that will be targeting him once he’s the nominee.


20 posted on 01/27/2012 6:38:27 AM PST by RIRed
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