Stuart Butler of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, sums up Mr Obama's plan this way: “It's a prelude to going for broke.

保守派智库---美国传统基金会的斯图亚特•巴特勒，一位保守派智囊，这样总结了奥巴马的计划：“这是大爆发的前奏。”

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Stuart Butler, who was involved in the investigation, said he hoped the jailing brought the victim closure.

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The plan was introduced in a 1989 book, "A National Health System for America" by Stuart Butler and Edmund Haislmaier.

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In February, 2012, Stuart Butler, the author of the Heritage Foundation brief that first proposed the mandate, wrote an op-ed for USA Today in which he recanted that support.

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