Mandates

The Mandate and Its Enemies

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Mandates, Individual Mandate, Affordable Care Act, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Mandate, Health Care Mandate, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Abdulrahman El-Sayed

The health insurance mandate was a compromise that effectively guaranteed the health insurance market in America for years to come by making that market more efficient and guaranteeing it paying customers into the future. Why, then, is the right attacking it?

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Jason Cherkis

Huntsman Signed Bill Requiring Utah To Study Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Utah Health Exchange, Mandates, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Gop, Massachusetts, Jon Huntsman Jr, Healthcare, Utah, Presidential Primary, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Ever since former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. began his public deliberations on whether he would seek the GOP nomination for president, he has...

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Jason Cherkis

Potential GOP Presidential Candidate Favored Health Care Mandate As Governor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Utah Health Exchange, Mandates, United Way, Mitch Daniels, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Gop, Healthcare Reform, Newt Gingrich, Republican Party, Jon Huntsman Jr., Utah, Politics News

HANCOCK, N.H. –- To hear Jon Huntsman and his advisers tell it, he is a bedrock conservative on health care who took a free market approach as gover...

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The People Have Spoken... Well, at Least Some of Them

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American People, Karl Rove, Civic Participation, Midterm Elections, Pundits, Voter Turnout, Mandates, 2010 Midterm Elections, Democracy, Political Narrative, Tea Party, Voting, Politics News
John Milewski

Everyone has a story to tell about why the midterm elections went the way they did, and it's not surprising that in most cases the narrative presented affirms the storyteller's particular world view.

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Hickenlooper: Business Payroll Earmark for Art Would Be "Small Amount" (VIDEO)

Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Art, Scfd, Business, Earmarks, John Hickenlooper, Mandates, Denver News
Kelly Maher

Hickenlooper, the Democratic nominee for governor of Colorado, sounds gleeful at the pot of money that could be generated by big companies for them to buy and install art in their workplaces.

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With the Passage of the Health Care Bill, Our Constitution is on Life Support

Dino LaVerghetta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Individual Mandate, Individual Mandate Plan, Health Care, Mandates, Politics News
Dino LaVerghetta

The health care bill's individual mandate provision is wholly unconstitutional and sets a dangerous precedent for a fundamental change in the nature of government as we know it.

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Health Insurance Compared to Auto Insurance; Why the Republican Argument is Bogus

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Lawsuit, Attorney General, Auto Insurance, Mandates, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

Someday you will get sick or injured. That's not an option. It will happen. And if you are not insured other people will have to pay for your care.

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Come to Texas for Current AG Managed Public Option and Mandates

Barbara Ann Radnofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Public Option, Mandates, Attorney General, Health Care Reform, Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott, U.S. Constitution, Commerce Clause, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Barbara Ann Radnofsky

We in Texas have a public option, suggested by and administered by the office of the Texas AG, to provide a reasonable cost option to parents who are now mandated to provide medical care payment.

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Albany Takes NYS Public School Education With a Grain of Salt

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan, Governor Paterson, Diane Ravitch, Mandates, Amy Paulin, President Obama, Teachers Union, Bill Gates, Teacher Quality, Newsweek, Albany, NYS Senate, New York Post, Richard Ravitch, Teachers, Felix-Ortiz-Salt, Suzi Oppenheimer, NYS Assembly, New York News
David A. Singer

The cacophony over what to do about public school education and when to do it and how to do it... is deafening. The disconnects have run absolutely wild.

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Pass the Popular Parts of Health Care Reform and Ditch the Rest

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Health Care Bill, White House Pharma Deal, Cadillac Tax, Health, Mandates, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Passing the most popular parts of health care reform while ditching the rest, can give Democrats a "win" on health care without jamming controversial and unpopular elements down the throats of American voters.

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Health Care Without Bankruptcy, Please

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Mandates, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

A mandate for health insurance would, if signed into law, would take the already flawed business model of health insurance and turn it into a perfect storm of financial and then physical ruin.

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Health Reform: Look How Far We've Come. Now Where the Heck Are We?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wyden Amendment, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Health Reform, Opt Out, Mandates, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Putting Sen. Lieberman aside for a moment (and who wouldn't want to?), what can we expect to see if the final health reform bill conforms to Sen. Reid's outline?

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Public Health Insurance Plan, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Mandates, Progressives, So-Called Cadillac Plans, Individual Mandate, Progressive Movement, Obama Progressives, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Mandate, Progressive, Health Care Reform, Public Health Care Option, Health Care Public Option, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Public Option, Caverject, Politics News
Matt Osborne

I'm happy for union workers who've earned "better" plans through collective bargaining. But I'm somewhat unsympathetic on the subject when most of us working stiffs can't afford any plan at all.

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A Public Option Tree in the Health Care Reform Forest

Aaron E. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare, Public Option, Medicare Buy In, Health Insurance Exchange, Cbo, Employer Mandate, Mandates, Individual Mandate, Excise Tax, Subsidies, Politics News
Aaron E. Carroll

However it started, the public option is now a shell of its former self. At best it's opt-out or triggered. You can only get it if you're in the insurance exchange.

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Ignore Lieberman to Win Real Health Care Reform

Michael Kieschnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, Mandates, Lieberman, Politics News
Michael Kieschnick

If we play by the 60 votes are needed rule, coupled with a weak White House that only threatens progressives, then the 60th Senator -- that is, the most unprincipled paid off Senator -- gets to write health care reform.

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Candidate Obama Opposed Senate's Health Care Mandates (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Mandates, Health Care Bill, Senate, Mandates, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Care Mandates, Health Care, Senate Health Care, Video, Politics News

Candidate Obama might not be too pleased with one aspect of health care reform emerging under president Obama's watch. "If a mandate was the soluti...

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Democratic Party Out of Bounds

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcia Angell, House Health Reform Bill, Public Option, Stupak Amendment, Dennis Kucinich, Mandates, Kucinich Amendment, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

To the House Dems who reportedly chanted "Fired up! Ready to go!": This isn't a pep rally. This situation calls for a little less partying and a little more party leadership, a few less amendments and a lot more amends.

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Senators, Thanks For Reminding Us Why We Don't Like You

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Senate, Public Option, Medicare Buy In, Health Care Public Option, Mandates, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The fact that Lieberman retains his chairmanship of the Homeland Security committee in the name of a political party he loathes illustrates the rot and decay of the Senate.

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State Lawmakers Move To Ban Health Insurance Mandates

The New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State-Constitution-Amendments, American Legislative Exchange Council, Mandates, Health Care Reform, State-Laws, Health Care, Mandate, State Legislature, Politics News

ST. PAUL -- In more than a dozen statehouses across the country, a small but growing group of lawmakers is pressing for state constitutional amendment...

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Max Baucus Releases Health Care Bill With Bi-Industry Support

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 23/6: Comedy News, Individual Mandate Plan, Public Option, Mandates, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Insurance, Max Baucus Health Care, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Comedy News
Lee Stranahan

Baucus was hiding in his office behind a large pile of money and not available for an interview but issued the following written statement...

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Admit It: A Robust Public Option Is Dead

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

With a robust public option dead, the only way to prevent a massive Democratic-sponsored bailout of the health care industry is to regulate insurance premiums and put a trigger on individual mandates.

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Why Americans Are Miseducated About Health Care Reform

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abc, Public Option, Trudy Lieberman, Triggers, Rick Klein, Mandates, Health-Insurance-Exchange, Subsidies, Media, Health Care, Co-Ops, Journalism, Healthcare, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

A media consumed with tracking Obama's popularity has failed to educate the American citizenry about the key elements of the health care debate. Many so-called journalists are guilty, like ABC's Rick Klein.

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Veteran Health Care Journalist Grades Obama's Speech

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama, Public Option, Trudy Lieberman, Triggers, Insurance Exchanges, Healthcare, Mandates, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

Death panels with a pinch of Socialism. Either the president has failed to get his message to average citizens, or the media has distorted the message.

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President Obama Promises Major Speech "Every Few Hours"

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 23/6: Comedy News, Obama Speech, Fishbone, Mandate, Mandates, Joe Wilson, President Obama, Comedy News
Lee Stranahan

President Obama was contrite about possibly admitting to theoretical failures about maybe showing vague leadership about stuff and things lately.

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How Progressive Groupthink Hindered Health Reform

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Rahm Emanuel, Max Baucus, Paul Krugman, Josh Marshall, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Joan Walsh, Mandates, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

How could the president get the idea that an individual mandate, especially without a public option, was a "goody" for progressives?

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