Health Insurance Mandate Coming?
Support is growing for a proposed health care system overhaul that would require all Americans to maintain health insurance coverage.
The mandate, which is being proposed by insurance industry leaders has received support from an coalition of doctors, hospitals, nurses, business, consumer, and insurance groups which have agreed on a set of ideas for reform, which also include the health insurance mandate.
The aforementioned coalition is called the Health Reform Dialog, and includes AARP, American Hospital Association, and the U.S. Chamber of Congress among other influential groups.
President Obama, who initially was not a supporter of such a mandate seems to be softening his stance, mentioning in a White House question-and-answer session on Thursday that the issue will be “part of the debate.”
