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solarhydrocan

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23. Here's what Wiki says

Reply to ChazII (Original post)

Sun Sep 29, 2013, 04:24 PM

Sep 2013

The health insurance mandate in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is an idea hatched in 1989 by Stuart M. Butler at Heritage in a publication titled "Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans".[20] This was also the model for Mitt Romney's health care plan in Massachusetts. [21]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_foundation#Policy_influence

How the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative Think Tank, Promoted the Individual Mandate
Avik Roy 10/20/2011

Heritage did put forward the idea of an individual mandate, though it predated HillaryCare by several years. We know this because we were there: In 1988-90, we were employed at Heritage as a public relations associate (a junior writer and editor), and we wrote at least one press release for a publication touting Heritage’s plan for comprehensive legislation to provide universal “quality, affordable health care.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2011/10/20/how-a-conservative-think-tank-invented-the-individual-mandate/

The paper that started it all

Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans
October 1, 1989
http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/assuring-affordable-health-care-for-all-americans

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Need help - who wrote the Affordable Health Care Act? [View all] ChazII Sep 2013 OP

Isn't it a mish mash? dkf Sep 2013 #1

Republicans notadmblnd Sep 2013 #2

Don't you mean the republicants? TheDebbieDee Sep 2013 #28

Google Max Baucas and ACA. dgibby Sep 2013 #3

This. And I seem to remember Baucas crediting Liz Fowler for much of it. nt bunnies Sep 2013 #6

Max Baucus. LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #26

It was written by the Heritage Foundation in the 1990's and adapted by Mitt Romney LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #4

And Id bet Heritage based theirs on Nixons plan. bunnies Sep 2013 #8

I'd bet with you. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #12

LaydeeBug, thank you ChazII Sep 2013 #18

You are so much welcome! I know what it's like to be in the thick of it LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #20

not sure but imo a lot of the ideas came from work on healthcare the clintons & Sunlei Sep 2013 #5

Suniel, I think I must be having ChazII Sep 2013 #19

Good luck finding the definitive answer to that... PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #7

Bob Dole originally proposed the plan back in the last century. The Heritage Foundation Cleita Sep 2013 #9

The main difference between what Hillary came up with and the Republican's counter Bandit Sep 2013 #11

Exactly! and thank you n/t ChazII Sep 2013 #15

The M$M works for the same paymasters; otherwise Rex Sep 2013 #22

Yes, the media should be asking ChazII Sep 2013 #25

Thank you for making this thread. Rex Sep 2013 #29

Agree with your comments. And thank you. nt ChazII Sep 2013 #17

It was written by the Heritage Foundation DURHAM D Sep 2013 #10

Thank you. ChazII Sep 2013 #16

Health insurance industry lobbyists. n/t duffyduff Sep 2013 #13

Here's a clue: jsr Sep 2013 #14

Thank you to everyone who answered ChazII Sep 2013 #21

Here's what Wiki says solarhydrocan Sep 2013 #23

Wow is about all I can say but ChazII Sep 2013 #24

A friend of mine keeps saying: truedelphi Sep 2013 #31

Countless meetings between Rahm Emanuel and various Execs of Big Health Insurers truedelphi Sep 2013 #27

Basically the Republicans did, then they voted against it. B Calm Sep 2013 #30

Once again thanks ChazII Oct 2013 #32