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Congress Passes Socialized Medicine and Mandates Health Insurance -In 1798
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/01/17/congress-passes-socialized-medicine-and-mandates-health-insurance-in-1798/
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Congress Passes Socialized Medicine and Mandates Health Insurance -In 1798

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Laloofah Nov 5, 2023

#HeatherCoxRichardson on #Mike_Johnson #James_Madison #Thomas_Jefferson #Separation_of_Church_and_State #1A
ICYMI…
“Johnson rejects the separation of church & state in our government, saying that the framers’ idea ‘clearly did not mean…to keep religion from influencing issues of civil government…’
Actually, James Madison of Virginia, the key thinker behind the Constitution, had quite a lot to say about why the government & religion must be kept apart…”
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-1-2023?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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