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How Politics Increased the Cost of Healthcare in America

Compulsory Care = Skyrocketing Prices

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Robert Affolter, MBA, DC
Jun 03, 2026
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It didn’t take long for free people to decide that their health might require mandatory sacrifice from others. Massachusetts passed the first mandatory vaccination law in 1809. (Swendiman, 2008) The required vaccine was for smallpox.

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