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Jim McDermott: “That probably explains why Governor Romney, a noted conservative Republican, put the individual mandate into the program…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2013
That probably explains why Governor Romney, a noted conservative Republican, put the individual mandate into the program in Massachusetts.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

McDermott cites Romney's individual mandate as evidence of its necessity for insurance viability.

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