Think mandating health insurance coverage at the national level is the functional equivalent of states mandating that drivers carry auto insurance?
Obama does.
He’s wrong.
Again.
As Judson Berger of Fox News points out, there are many differences between mandated health insurance and auto insurance. Here are a few highlights:
Auto insurance is avoidable – health insurance is not.
Car [...]
As Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) points out, the health care proposal introduced by Sen. Baucus includes a big — make that humongous — tax increase on working class folks who happen to be union members or others that are privy to benefit rich health plans- folks like coal miners in Rockefeller’s state.
By early estimates, an [...]
According to yahoo news, it now appears as though Sen. Baucus may unveil a draft of health care legislation without the support of Republicans, thereby dimming any chance of producing a truly bipartisan bill. See story here.
Moreover, Democrats are also lining up in opposition with outspoken W. Virginia Senator Rockefeller stating he cannot support [...]
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