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Article Source: The Huffington PostWASHINGTON -- Nearly half a year into his second run for the White House, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has yet to clear his primary electoral hurdle. His support for health care reform legislation in Massachusetts that included an individual mandate remains a sticking point for Republican voters.
Sam Stein
Take, for instance, a speech that Romney delivered before the United States Chamber of Commerce on April 25, 2006
Let me just note, there are a lot of people who say, 'you know Governor, I don't like this idea that people are going to be required to buy insurance. This is America. They should be free.' Well, they are going to get free health care if they don't buy insurance. I don't think it is appropriate to say individuals have a choice of saying I don't want to buy insurance even though I can afford it and I want to make somebody else pay for it. That's not American. And that is not the right way, in my view, for us to go.
I agree..
In Massachusetts on the Income Tax Returns for the State.. One has to prove they have health insurance by a form one fills out.. if you do not have it.. they take a percentage of your income tax return from the state... This is what he set up.
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