Optional Coverage

Do you believe that uninsured people will buy health insurance if there is no mandate to require this?

Why would they? Don’t you think most people would like to have coverage today if they could either (a) afford it or (b) be convinced they need it (i.e., young invincible) or (c) get coverage at a reasonable cost due to pre-existing conditions?

In my opinion, it is naïve to believe we can achieve universal coverage in this country in the president’s first term (as he stated last year) or that it can be achieved without some mandate.