Do you really think that Hillary Clinton's health care plan is better just because of mandates?

[TheWraith]

Think for a few minutes about what mandated health insurance really is. Hillary's plan obligates every American to pay out to the insurance companies, whether they can afford it or not, whether they need it or not. It's the ultimate merger of intrusively ineffectual government and corporate profit-hunger. And if you don't want to participate, too bad, because you're legally required to.

Not only would that be incredibly unpopular with the general public--for good reason--but it would get torn apart by the Republicans starting on the first minute of the campaign and not stopping. Assuming that she got elected, the very first fight would be about healthcare, and it would be 1993 all over again. Except this time there wouldn't be a rise from the ashes--the Clinton II presidency would be a lame duck four months or less after taking office.

Until and unless we can have true single-payer healthcare, which DOESN'T place the burdens of buying insurance onto the average person, voluntary coverage for adults is the only reasonable and practical way to go.