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Hatch’s Potential Republican Challenger Hits Him On Past Support For Individual Mandate | In 1993, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) backed a proposal that included an individual health mandate, but has now “become one of the Senate’s biggest critics of the insurance requirement.” As the Salt Lake Tribune notes that his opponents are attacking his change in positions. “The reason we have this term — individual mandate — is because it comes from a bill that Orrin Hatch sponsored,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who is considering a run against Hatch in 2012. “Now he’s totally opposed to it. [...] When you sponsor a bill, it is pretty tough to run from it.”