For the past few days, conservative circles have been buzzing as GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich try to embrace mandates while denouncing the Obama health plan. Gingrich also called the new House Republican Medicare reform plan “right-wing social engineering”. So how are Congressional Republicans reacting to all of this? Where do most stand on mandates? And is the Ryan plan radical – especially when compared to Obamacare? We discuss it all with Louisiana Rep. Bill Cassidy, who is also still a practicing physician.
