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It goes back a lot further; see e.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2012/02/07/the-tortuous-conservative-history-of-the-individual-mandate/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2012/02/07/the-to... And Republicans fought against it because the wrong party/person proposed it.