Do think Obama still believes a FEDERAL health insurance mandate is no different than car insurance mandates?
October 8th, 2010
Question by _______: Do think Obama still believes a FEDERAL health insurance mandate is no different than car insurance mandates?
This article is from September 20, 2009.
Do you think Obama still believes this??
He seemed to be implying the govt. owns your body: insure it or be fined….pay the fine or go to jail. He also didn’t seem overly concerned that car insurance mandates are done at the STATE level (not all states have them) while what he’s talking about is a FEDERAL mandate.
What do you think??
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/20/obama.health.care/index.html
In a testy exchange on ABC’s “This Week,” broadcast Sunday, Obama rejected the assertion that forcing people to obtain coverage would violate his campaign pledge against raising taxes on middle-class Americans.
“For us to say you have to take responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase,” Obama said in response to persistent questioning, later adding: “Nobody considers that a tax increase.”……………………..Those unable to afford health insurance should get government help, Obama said, but others who can afford coverage but choose not to get it should face coverage requirements similar to those for auto insurance.
“What it’s saying is … that we’re not going to have other people carrying your burdens for you any more than the fact that right now everybody in America, just about, has to get auto insurance,” he said. “Nobody considers that a tax increase. People say to themselves, that is a fair way to make sure that, if you hit my car, that I’m not covering all the costs.”
Asked again about critics calling the requirement to pay for health insurance a tax increase, Obama said: “My critics say everything is a tax increase.”
ndmagic…………”You do realize the current proposal dropped the mandatory insurance provision?”
I don’t think that’s right. You have a link??
Best answer:
Answer by ndmagicman
You do realize the current proposal dropped the mandatory insurance provision?
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