The Hill News

Tempers flared Wednesday as Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney battled over federal health insurance mandates, with both candidates accusing one another of indirectly paving the way to the president's health care reform act.

Rick Santorum provided the first volley, saying the president's insurance plan was based on Romney's efforts in Massachusetts. 

"The whole reason this issue is alive is the bill you drafted in Massachusetts - Romneycare - which was the model for Obamacare and the government takeover of healthcare," Santorum said, going on to say "the real fundamental issue here is government coercion."

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