I think Donald Trump needs to clarify this BECAUSE I cannot support someone for the mandate/tax penalty.
I will not support any candidate who is for the Obamacare mandate.
Trump was clearly responding to the question about pre-existing conditions. He is for mandating insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions.That’s what I got from the interview in context.
If Trump were for the individual and/or employer mandate he would be off my list of candidates.
This sneaky gotcha, oohhh he said a bad word, 13 sec clip is an embarrassment.
With all due respect, you're ignoring that coverage for pre-existing conditions is inextricably linked to the individual mandate to buy inaurance. That's why Cooper asked the question the way he did.
You can't require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions unless you have an individual mandate for people to buy insurance when healthy. Otherwise, people will hold off on buying insurance until they have major medical expenses. They'll escape paying all the premiums when relatively healthy, and the insurance companies will be forced to start covering them when they get sick because of the rwquorent to cover pre-existing conditions.
That's why Trump supports the individual mandate for people to buy insurance. And that's also why so many of us have been demanding details. We knew that you couldn't have the stuff he was promising without an individual mandate.
Ok, I’ll buy it.. For now.