Health Care Mandates suck -- With ONE exception

[Armstead]

The one exception being a single-payer universal system.

The HALF-ASSED and UNREALISTIC notion that providing coverage by forcing people to buy insurance -- especially private insurance -- is a frigging disaster and an insurance company's wet dream.

So what if the "poor" may qualify for subsidized coverage? A lot of people will still fall through the cracks where they are not considered poor enough to qualify, but are not able to afford health insurance.

I live in Massachusetts, which has mandates under Mittcare.

A LOT of people and businesses are scared to death, wondering how the hell they're going to afford health care.

The only way such a system would work is if it is a universal entitlement program like Medicare.

P.S. This is not a slam on any individual candidate. Rather it is a slam on all candidates who want to use mandates to weasel their way out of what really should be done.