Noah Kristula-Green problematizes the conservative affinity for Chile's free-market approach to social security because "Chile’s privatized social security system makes use of a mandate to purchase private insurance in a regulated market, much like the tyrannical Romneycare and Obamacare":
[GOP] politicians and activists will be content to hold two completely contradictory ideas in their heads: mandating individuals to purchase private health insurance is an unconstitutional threat to the Republic, while a system that mandates individuals to purchase a plan from a private pension fund is a shining beacon of liberty that we should emulate.
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