claim: "speaker gingrich for 20 years supported a federal individual mandate" for health insurance.
author: rick santorum
evidence_1: feb 7, 2012 ... conservatives are always playing defense, instead of offense, when it comes to improving our health-care system. for various reasons ... gingrich now says he was 'wrong' to support individual mandate .... gingrich continued to support a federal individual mandate as recently as may of last year. it would ...
evidence_2: feb 14, 2012 ... mitt romney is often challenged by republican rivals about the health care law he signed as the governor of massachusetts, which also contains an individual mandate. mr. gingrich is often asked about his years of support for the idea. and mr. obama — who opposed the individual mandate four years ago ...
evidence_3: newton leroy gingrich is an american politician and author from the state of georgia who served as the 50th speaker of the united states house of representatives from 1995 to 1999. he represented georgia's 6th congressional district as a republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. in 2012, gingrich was a ...
evidence_4: jan 30, 2012 ... somewhat strangely he's never really denied supporting the mandate, and in fact as late as may of last year reiterated essentially the same position on meet ... well, here you have it: not only has gingrich been a long-standing proponent of a federal health insurance mandate, he clearly and unequivocally ...
evidence_5: dec 23, 2011 ... one position we found to be reasonably consistent over the years is not particularly popular with the target audience for this mailer. he's expressed continuing support for some sort of requirement that individuals carry health insurance, even while saying he'd repeal the individual mandate embodied in ...