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Aug. 10, 2013
A 'tough luck' government for everybody
"The Tough Luck Constitution," by Andrew Koppelman, is partly an account of the Affordable Care Act's background, and is partly an argument for the controversial law. By Tyna Thall Orren
Do you know when America's first health care mandate was enacted? It was in 1790, as Andrew Koppelman's "The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform" will tell you. The 1st Congress enacted the measure, a requirement that ship owners buy medical insurance for seamen (an "employer mandate"), and President George Washington signed it - something that may surprise some who believe the mandate in t...
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