“ | "Universal" health care is of course a major Democratic issue, and Mr.
Obama laid out a proposal in May, Mrs. Clinton in September. Both plans
create a public insurance option managed by the government. Both plans
impose more stringent regulations on insurance companies, and both
institute new taxes on business.
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Sen. Clinton
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In common
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Sen. Hussein Obama
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- Dictates that everyone have health insurance
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such a law would force everyone to sign up for health insurance --
either through their employers, a private plan or a government option
-- or otherwise pay penalties.
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- Only require the coverage of children.
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Whatever the minor policy
differences among Democrats, their major domestic ambition this
campaign season is the government takeover of the health-care market.
The Republican nominee will need a free-market alternative, and a way
of explaining it that is more concise and compelling than we've heard
so far. [I'd say that pretty much eliminates Romney.]
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