Why Republicans Oppose the Individual Mandate: The New Yorker

[AllGold]

Why Republicans Oppose the Individual Health-Care Mandate : The New Yorker

A fairly long read. Don't ask me how this article is dated June 25, 2012 when I'm posting it on June 24th, 2012.

 

[djs]

The question isn't why republicans oppose it, the question should be why do democrats support it? They have historically opposed it.

Dan

 

[AllGold]

The question isn't why republicans oppose it, the question should be why do democrats support it? They have historically opposed it.

That's answered in the article: because they couldn't get Republican support for single-payer so instead they grabbed a Republican idea thinking they could get bi-partisan support.

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

Don't ask me how this article is dated June 25, 2012 when I'm posting it on June 24th, 2012.

Very common for online articles. It will be in the paper tomorrow.