On the recordFebruary 7, 2011
I think States ought to have the right to make decisions about the Medicaid mandate, about the individual mandate that requires everyone to buy government-approved health insurance. It is a mandate. Congress is telling people they have to buy government-approved health insurance. I think it is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court will ultimately decide. People will get penalized. There are going to be IRS agents checking to make sure people have this government-mandated and government-approved health insurance. I think people ought to be able to--the State ought to decide if they are going to make every employer in the State--the business creators, the entities that hire people, the small businesses, the job creators--I think the State ought to have the right to make the decision to say, Are we going to make those employers--force them--to provide government-approved health insurance. It is a big cost for businesses that are trying to hire people.
