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Romney clarifies health care mandate position – CBS News

Romney clarifies health care mandate position Romney sides with Supreme Court on health care law Romney marches in July 4 parade in N.H. Complete Coverage » (CBS News) WOLFEBORO, N.H. – Mitt Romney tried to clear up the confusion about … Continue reading

Romney Shifts Tone, Saying Health Care Mandate Is a Tax – New York Times

WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Mitt Romney declared on Wednesday that President Obama’s health care mandate was in fact a tax, shifting his campaign’s characterization of the law and aligning himself with the conservative voices in his party.

Mandate Not the Only Health Tax Republicans Backed – Bloomberg

All of these proposals, including the Affordable Care Act’s excise tax, work in fundamentally the same way, by imposing limits on what is now an unlimited deduction for employer- provided health insurance, thereby encouraging employers to …

Romney calls Obama’s health care requirement a tax – YAHOO!

They concluded it was a tax.” In shifting his position, Romney contradicted senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, who said earlier in the week that Romney viewed the health care law’s mandate to buy insurance as a penalty, a fee or a … Continue reading

Romney calls health care mandate a ‘tax,’ contradicts top aide – CNN

In the CBS News interview, Romney affirmed that he agreed with the dissent – the minority opinion of the high court – regarding the validity of President Obama’s health care law but accepted that the majority opinion was law. “I … Continue reading

Romney changes tune: Health care law is ‘a tax’ – Washington Times

Undercutting what his top adviser said two days ago, Mitt Romney on Wednesday flatly stated that President Obama’s individual mandate, which the Supreme Court upheld last week, is indeed “a tax.” Mr. Romney was referring to the court’s 5 …

Romney: Health care mandate is a tax – MSNBC Firstread

That’s what it is.” Romney’s description of the health care mandate as a tax aligns his position with that of GOP leaders, who have for days used the Supreme Court’s majority decision upholding the law under Congress’s taxation authority as … Continue reading

Romney: Health-care mandate is a tax – Washington Post

WOLFEBORO, N.H. – Mitt Romney said Wednesday that President Obama’s signature health-care law amounts to a tax increase for middle-income Americans, directly contradicting one of his senior advisers who said earlier this week that the presumptive …

Romney, in Shift, Says Health Care Mandate Is a Tax – New York Times Blogs

Mitt Romney said flat-out on Wednesday that the individual mandate in President Obama‘s health care law was “a tax,” just days after his campaign shied away from making such a characterization. In an interview with Jan Crawford of CBS News … Continue reading

Questions about chief justice’s health-care ruling could have lasting impact – YAHOO!

Now, a week after the Supreme Court announced its opinion upholding the health-care law, Justice Roberts is being accused of having caved in to threats of political pressure. The problem with such accusations is that they are difficult to prove … Continue reading