Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2016/Healthcare

	; ; Former presidential candidate ; Rick Santorum
	Political offices: ; Former U.S. Senator; (1995-2007); Former U.S. Representative; (1991-1995);
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Rick Santorum announced his presidential run on May 27, 2015.^[1]

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On October 13, 2015, Rick Santorum released his Economic Freedom Agenda. The centerpiece of the agenda was his 20/20 Flat Tax Plan, which proposed a 20 percent flat tax on individual income and a 20 percent flat tax on business income. The plan also proposed repealing Obamacare in order to pay for the flat tax proposal; increasing the minimum wage; approving the Keystone XL Pipeline; creating work requirements for means-tested entitlement programs, and reducing legal and illegal immigration.^[2] ^[3]

In November 2013 Rick Santorum criticized the Affordable Care Act. He said, "Now it's the law. [The Democrats] knew it was a mess. Now, nobody even knows how bad it is yet."^[4]

In an April 2012 op-ed, Santorum wrote, "As the Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, we Americans need to remember that we have the freedom to make choices for ourselves. We, not our government, choose the food to eat, the clothes to wear, the ideas to believe. 'ObamaCare' is the opposite of freedom. Under ObamaCare, the government, not the individual, has freedom. We can do better."^[5]

Santorum wrote the following about his 2012 healthcare reform plan: "Companies would be encouraged to compete over state lines, and Americans would have a choice of different plans and premiums, just like with auto and home insurance. Health insurers could offer high-deductible plans with lower premiums combined with health savings accounts, or more traditional managed care or fee-for-service plans. Low-income individuals would get tax credits so they could buy the same kind of health care as other Americans."^[5]

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