There is something that has been getting at me lately, and that is how some progressives choose to attack the health care reform bill. One of those principal routes is by attacking the mandate as "forcing people to buy insurance they don't want". Here's the first reason on Jane Hamsher's 10 reasons to kill the Senate bill:
Top 10 Reasons to Kill Senate Health Care Bill
1. Forces you to pay up to 8% of your income to private insurance corporations - whether you want to or not.
PCCC/DFA has a poll out asking "Would you favor or oppose requiring all Americans to buy health insurance -- the so-called mandate -- even if they find insurance too expensive or do not want it?" with the results of 51% oppose, 38% favor.
Now, I have enormous respect and appreciation for the work Jane, FDL, PCCC and DFA have done on health care reform, and respect arguments on the basis of affordability, which is one part of this poll question. But this business about "whether you want it or not" is one step too far.
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