LinkGingrich Endorsed Health Care Mandate Following Obamacare Press Conference in May 2009
The blog Verum Serum has dug up a clip of a May 2009 Newt Gingrich conference call that followed a White House press conference on health care reform. (You can listen to the whole call here.) Gingrich said he was "little bit skeptical but encouraged" by the approach President Obama was taking. He also endorsed the idea that people who didn't buy health insurance would "post a bond." While Gingrich was "encouraged" by Obamacare in its early stage of development, many conservatives were sounding the alarm about the Democrats' plan. See, for example, this article by Yuval Levin and James Capretta from the May 18, 2009 issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD: "Stop ObamaCare: The Democrats' plan would displace tens of millions of happily insured Americans and exacerbate the worst elements of the current system."
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