In a letter to Congress, President Obama for the first time acknowledged the possibility that health care reform could require every American to be personally responsible for having a health insurance policy. That's a reversal from his campaign position, when Obama rightly opposed mandatory health insurance. On the campaign trail, Obama said, "The reason people don't have health insurance isn't because they don't want it, it's because they cannot afford it."
Obama's letter acknowledged the need to make sure the...
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