Individual mandate: A sticking point in the healthcare debate
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 03:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Is forcing people to have insurance a useful strategy to spread the costs, or an ill-conceived notion that would only exacerbate the problem? Should the government force everyone to purchase health insurance? Few topics in the healthcare debate are more controversial than the so-called individual mandate, which would fine citizens without insurance and lies at the heart of the now-stalled healthcare bills in...