It is not unusual for Republicans and the few moderate Democrats in Congress who voted against ObamaCare socialized medicine to criticize parts of that bad law. But now even a liberal Democrat in the U.S. Senate has come out swinging against ObamaCare’s requirement that everyone buy federally approved health insurance.
Sen. Ron Wyden, of extremely liberal Oregon, wrote a letter to health officials in his state saying that Oregon should be exempted from the mandate that punishes anyone who does not buy insurance deemed acceptable under ObamaCare.
“Oregonians have demonstrated again and again that a one size fits all approach from Washington is not the best approach for the Northwest, and they have come up with innovative solutions that the Federal government has never had the flexibility or will to implement,” he wrote.
He stated that “the heart of real health reform is affordability and not mandates.”
We’re glad to hear that he thinks so. But it would have been better if he and other Democrats had acknowledged the potential harm from ObamaCare’s mandates before – rather than after – they voted for those mandates.