{"id":4018,"date":"2016-03-04T08:09:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/?p=4018"},"modified":"2016-03-04T08:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T13:09:46","slug":"obamacare-not-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/obamacare-not-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare Does <span class=\"caps\">NOT<\/span> Have A Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div id=\"attachment_4020\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4020\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4020\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4020\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"Some conservatives have charged that Marco Rubio has proposed an individual mandate for health insurance. [Credit: ABC News]\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dougsbriefcase.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Credit-ABC-News.jpg?w=992&amp;ssl=1 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives have charged that Mar\u00adco Rubio has pro\u00adposed an indi\u00advid\u00adual man\u00addate for health insur\u00adance. 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