The Mandate Misunderstanding

Probably no effort at political triangulation (what used to be called compromise) has failed the Obama Administration so badly as the individual health insurance mandate. There are ways, though, to get the steak without the political sizzle, provided Republicans choose to cooperate.

The reason for imposing an …

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Breaking Eggs, Part II

While the fate of the pending requirement that all Americans buy (or if they can’t pay, receive) health insurance under the new federal law is in doubt (see the post below), nobody’s challenging the states’ authority to mandate coverage. And Massachusetts, the first to impose such a mandate (thanks to …

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