On September 17, 2009
Outrage over Baucus’ Individual Health Insurance Mandate
I’ve never bought many of the arguments against healthcare reform which rely on an irrational fear of the Big Bad Government, since the feds already “run” healthcare in many ways. Nonetheless, over the last few months we’ve all heard about “death panels” and “rationed care” (it is already rationed in America — by wealth) and a “Washington takeover” and an exploding deficit. The message is clear from conservatives: Don’t jam Uncle Sam into the “Doctor-Patient relationship.” So why no real outrage, until now, from the Right over an individual health insurance mandate? It’s a key part of Senator Max Baucus’ new plan but it’s an old idea with some support from the GOP’s establishment (Exhibit A: Massachusetts’ “RomneyCare”;. Exhibit B:…
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