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Document Type

Article

Abstract

Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton has recently put forth a plan in which individuals would be required to purchase health insurance. Her plan has been the target of intense criticism. Individual mandates would target the free-riders of health care and would likely improve the health of the uninsured. Shortcomings of the mandate are the difficulty of enforcement and the unfair burden placed on lower-middle income people. Careful examination of the evidence suggests that the U.S. should not impose individual mandates for health insurance.

Publication Date

Spring 2008

Journal Title

Major Themes in Economics

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

13

Last Page

34

Copyright

©2008 by Major Themes in Economics

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Included in

Economics Commons

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