Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
here's a suggestion......read the Heritage plan instead of fake news Rachel Maddow wrote about it....
I know all about the Heritage plan. Unlike you, I was paying attention back in the 90's when the Republicans under Newt Gingrich were touting it as their free market, personal responsibility based alternative to Hillarycare.
Though there are some differences between it and Obamacare, the basic model that is based upon the individual mandate and govt subsidies is the same thing Obamacare was built around.
How the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative Think Tank, Promoted the Individual Mandate
“Whatever the particular differences, the Heritage mandate was indistinguishable in principle from the ObamaCare one. In both cases, the federal government would force individuals to purchase a product from a private company—something that Congress has never done before.”
In the multi-state Obamacare constitutional challenge before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in which the individual mandate was overturned, Taranto points out that the Obama Administration cited the Heritage Foundation in its defense of the individual mandate. Heritage, in response, filed an amicus brief accounting for its “prior support for a qualified mandate” and asserting that Heritage has been “consistent” in its view of the constitutionality of a mandate: