Should Gov't Mandate Health Insurance? - Tom Daschle and Tommy Thompson February 3, 2009

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/17/Tom_Daschle__Tommy_Thompson_The_Future_of_Health_Care

Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson debates former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on the idea of a universal mandate for health insurance. While Thompson disagrees with the notion, Daschle argues that uninsured individuals drive up costs for insured Americans, and compares mandatory healthcare plans to car insurance.

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The National Constitution Center's Sixth Annual John M. Templeton, Jr., Lecture on Economic Liberties and the Constitution will consider the issue of health care, which has commanded national attention and become a focal point of debate during the 2008 presidential election process.

Delivering this year's lecture, titled "Health Care, Choice or Mandate?" will be Secretary Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, with a response from Senator Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota - National Constitution Center

Tommy Thompson is a Senior Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a Washington, D.C., law firm, and is former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to these positions, Secretary Thompson served as the Governor of Wisconsin.

Thomas Andrew Daschle is a former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated on November 2, 2004, by the Republican candidate, John Thune, in his bid for re-election. He is currently a Special Policy Advisor at the law firm Alston & Bird LLP, visiting professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.