GuyPinestra
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I'd be happy to prove what i said to be true, by all means which tell me what I said is a lie.
Where did he say it?
As you'll see here, Romney was pushing for Obamacare when Obama opposed it.
Romney Urged President Obama to Adopt RomneyCare at Federal Level - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
In the 2009 op-ed, Romney advises the President to adopt the controversial individual mandate, which requires every citizen of the United States to either carry health insurance or pay a fine to the Federal government. Romney wrote, "Our experience also demonstrates that getting every citizen insured doesn't have to break the bank. First, we established incentives for those who were uninsured to buy insurance. Using tax penalties, as we did, or tax credits, as others have proposed, encourages 'free riders' to take responsibility for themselves rather than pass their medical costs on to others."
President Obama's healthcare reform law uses tax penalties as its enforcement mechanism to compel individuals to comply with its mandate for each citizen to carry health insurance.
Significantly, at the time Romney wrote his op-ed advising President Obama to use his Massachusetts plan as a blueprint for federal law, President Obama was against including the individual mandate for purchasing health insurance.
Ooohhh, THAT'S gonna leave a mark!!
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