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On Mandates

By Philip Klein on 2.22.08 @ 10:21AM

Even though I shudder at the thought of either of their health care proposals becoming law, I find Hillary Clinton's contention that Barack Obama's plan leaves 15 million people uninsured while hers covers everybody, rather absurd. Her assertion that she covers everybody is based on conflating a universal mandate with universal coverage. But they are not the same thing. Just as some people choose to go without car insurance despite the law, people will choose not to purchase health care even though there is a mandate. We are seeing this in Massachusetts, where there already is a mandate.

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Health Care, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Law