Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Health Affairs Blog-Individual Mandate Is Focus Of New Health Policy Brief

by Chris Fleming

The complex health care overhaul underway in Congress would require nearly all Americans to have health insurance – a provision known as “individual responsibility” or an “individual mandate.” Supporters warn other reforms are not possible without this requirement. But many opponents say such a mandate is unaffordable, and unacceptable in a free society.

A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the latest in a series of briefs, examines this issue.
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