Newt said he would have executed the mandate in a different way than Obamacare did. He always had an option for people to get out of buying insurance if they didn’t want to. I know he had mentioned having people post a bond. I don’t know if his idea was different enough to pass constitutional muster or not, but then until the Supreme Court rules, we don’t know where the court is going to fall on that one.
I don’t want ObamaCare. I don’t want GingrichCare either. I don’t want the federal government involved in the health insurance field, period. THAT is the conservative approach.