{"id":2785,"date":"2009-12-18T18:18:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T23:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2009-12-18T18:18:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T23:18:52","slug":"would-passing-health-care-reform-hurt-mitt-romney-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/2785\/would-passing-health-care-reform-hurt-mitt-romney-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Passing Health Care Reform Hurt Mitt Romney in 2012?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the rush to secure enough votes to pass the comprehensive health care \u201creform\u201d bill before Christmas, Democrats in the Senate seem to agree that while a \u201cpublic option\u201d is out, an \u201cindividual mandate\u201d is most certainly in.\u00a0 Simply put, if passed, every American would be required by federal law to purchase health insurance or pay a fine.\u00a0 Although there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Press\/Commentary\/ed100609b.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">some subtle distinctions<\/a> between then Governor Romney\u2019s proposal and a \u201cpure\u201d individual mandate, after only three years in effect, the Massachusetts legislature opted for purity over subtlety.\u00a0 Thus, the result of Romney\u2019s carefully crafted compromise turned into the blueprint for the first iteration of ObamaCare.<\/p>\n<p>How odd it would be for Romney if his presidential prospects depended on the success or failure of the Democrats\u2019 version of universal health care.\u00a0 Already, <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=ODU0NGRhY2FhNDAyZDA4MzAzMDBlZTJiZjM3ZjA4NDM=&amp;w=MA==\" target=\"_blank\">libertarian<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2009\/08\/24\/individual-mandate-flies-under-the-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\">conservative<\/a> commentators are starting to make the connection between the federal bill and Massachusetts.\u00a0 Come the primaries, it will take a nanosecond for opposition researchers and spin doctors to lash ObamaCare to RomneyCare.\u00a0 If they do, and the current distaste for nuance still prevails, Romney\u2019s likely explanations of <a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/15\/is-romney-a-big-loser-in-senat\" target=\"_blank\">this-but-no-further policy making<\/a> could be his undoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the rush to secure enough votes to pass the comprehensive health care \u201creform\u201d bill before Christmas, Democrats in the Senate seem to agree that while a \u201cpublic option\u201d is out, an \u201cindividual mandate\u201d is most certainly in.\u00a0 Simply put, if passed, every American would be required by federal law to purchase health insurance or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[465,311,160],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-health-care-reform","tag-individual-mandate","tag-mitt-romney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2789,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}