claim: orrin hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
author: cenk uygur
evidence_1: feb 7, 2012 ... bill clinton's 1993 proposal for universal health care revolved around an idea called “managed competition,” based on the work of a group of ... r.i.) and co-sponsored by 19 other senate republicans, including christopher bond, bob dole, chuck grassley, orrin hatch, richard lugar, alan simpson, and ...
evidence_2: jun 28, 2012 ... another bit of irony: some republicans had supported a plan with a mandate in the early 1990s as an alternative to a health care plan proposed by then president bill clinton. liberal commentators pointed out that sen. orrin hatch co-sponsored a 1993 health care bill that had an individual mandate.
evidence_3: he therefore regards the act as unconstitutional. npr called senator hatch a "flip-flopper" on this issue since in 1993 hatch co-sponsored a bill along with 19 other senate republicans that included an individual insurance mandate as a means to combat healthcare legislation proposed ...
evidence_4: feb 23, 2010 ... titled the “health equity and access reform today act of 1993,” it had 21 co-sponsors, including two democrats (sens. ... subtitle b: qualified general access plan in the small employer and individual marketplace- requires the national association of insurance commissioners to develop specific ...
evidence_5: feb 15, 2010 ... orrin hatch of utah is one of four republican lawmakers still in the senate who supported a 1993 gop bill requiring an "individual mandate." alex wong/getty images hide caption. toggle caption. alex wong/getty images. orrin hatch of utah is one of four republican lawmakers still in the senate who ...