Questions for supporters of the individual mandate [View all]
Which regulatory triumphs over business in recent years give you the most confidence that the creation of a captive market will not be exploited?
Are there important differences between mandating the purchase of health insurance and ensuring that all Americans receive reasonable and necessary care? Do those currently insured always receive such care?
When you think of the cartel-like ascendancy and price-gouging of the pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the US year after year, a chief driver of our higher medical expenses versus the rest of the world - when you see this industry protected against not only regulation and negotiation but free-market re-importation, against all possible harm in other words from both ends of ideology, why do you believe the mandate is in our best interests or will be competently managed?
Is it possible to distrust the mandate but value unvarnished great aspects of the bill, such as removing gender discrimination or requiring coverage for those with preexisting conditions?
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