And I didn't agree when he was recommending it in defense of Hillary in the primaries.
I agree with Krugman about 75% of the time. Not this time.
The mandate is a real shackle put forcibly around people's ankles when they don't have any more to give. I am thinking of people who, even with a "subsidy" cannot squeeze $20 out of their budgets a month.
Mandating insurance for cars did not reign in car insurance prices. It emboldened and empowered those companies.
Why would it not have the same effect on health care?
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