Gingrich first backed the concept in 1993, "I am for people, individuals - exactly like automobile insurance - individuals having health insurance and being required to have health insurance.
Newt GingrichThe fact is that a liberal Democrat doesn't want to talk about ideology because they don't want to explain publicly what they're really doing.
Newt GingrichIt doesnโt matter what I do. People need to hear what I have to say. Thereโs no one else who can say what I can say. It doesnโt matter what I live.
Newt Gingrich