President Reagan passed a law that allowed anyone to show up at the emergency room and receive payment regardless of capacity to pay. He felt that morally in the wealthiest country on Earth people shouldnt be allowed to just die. Reagans Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986 covered treatment for people regardless of being an illegal immigrant, their legal status, or any other reason: Read more: salon/2012/07/05/reagans_healthcare_mandate/ The costs were passed on in higher costs for those who have insurance and also in taxes because the government covered a large amount of this. Romney was the first to pass the individual mandate, the idea for which came from the conservative Heritage Foundation. What do you think of Romneys statements here? youtu.be/JIPynMZuQtI
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