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I thought the Republicans already unveiled their healthcare law. It was created by Mitt Romney, signed into law by President Obama, and supported by Boehner and McConnell.


7 posted on 09/18/2013 4:19:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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It was created by Mitt Romney

No, it was actually created by the Heritage Foundation. The following is from the Journal of the American Medical Association:

"In 2006, a Republican Governor, a Democratic Speaker of the House, and a Democratic President of the State Senate collaborated to develop Massachusetts health insurance reform. The Republican Governor insisted on a proposal originally written by Stuart Butler, PhD, of the conservative Heritage Foundation (and a JAMA Forum contributor), which included an individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Butler said, “If a young man wrecks his Porsche and has not had the foresight to obtain insurance, we may commiserate, but society feels no obligation to repair his car. But health care is different. If a man is struck down by a heart attack in the street, Americans will care for him whether or not he has insurance.”

While Heritage has backed away from its initial proposal, it's the irony of ironies that Obamacare is patterned after a Heritage proposal.

10 posted on 09/18/2013 4:33:06 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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