A mandate is a mandate is a mandate. The Heritage plan of 1993 had mandatory enrollment and apparently Mitt Romney still thinks a mandate is the way to go:
MEET THE PRESS
Nov. 3, 2013: Mitt Romney, Deval Patrick, Bill Kristol, David Axelrod,
Bob Woodward, Katty Kay | Guests and Topics | Transcript
FMR. GOV. MITT ROMNEY:
Well, I think the president failed to learn the lessons that came from the experience of Massachusetts. First of all, the Massachusetts experience was a state-run plan. The right way to deal with health care reform is not to have a one-size-fits-all plan that's imposed on all the states, but recognizing the differences between different states' populations, states should be able to craft their own plans to get all their citizens insured, and to make sure that preexisting conditions are covered.
(BEGIN TAPE)
FMR. GOV. MITT ROMNEY ON TAPE FROM 2007:
"I think you're going to find, when it's all said and done, after all these states that are laboratories of democracy get their chance to try their own plans, that those who follow the path that we pursued will find it's the best path, and we'll end up with a nation that's taken a mandate approach."
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FMR. GOV. MITT ROMNEY:
Well, I'm not president so I can't be so clear minded as to tell you what I would have done. But my own plan was to say to each state, "You've got a requirement to move to a point where all your people are insured, and where you cover preexisting conditions. We're going to give you flexibility from the federal government level to help you be able to do so."
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