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zee01 commented on the blog post Lack of a Straightforward Defense of the Individual Mandate
I am definitely not for the mandate requiring me to purchase insurance from a for-profit company. Absent the will to create a universal care or single-payer federal program, could we do it through the states? If it is legal for a state (Romneycare) to mandate insurance, and the ACA is working through the state exchanges, couldn’t the ACA be amended to push states into operating their systems toward universal coverage? Perhaps something like only reimbursing a state a percentage based on the percentage of people in the state covered?
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zee01 commented on the blog post Peter Wehner’s Selective Culture Of Life
I remember one of his corruption scandals – and after scroogling it, it looks like Mother Jones is bringing it out again:
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/01/rick-santorums-school-scandal“Santorum has campaigned on the fact that his seven kids have been home-schooled….
“But Santorum wasn’t always so opposed to government-run schools—especially one Pennsylvania cyber charter school that offered students free computers, internet service, and online classes. Between 2001 and 2004, that online school allowed the Santorum family to live in Virginia, while sticking Pennsylvania taxpayers with a $100,000 bill.”
