May 15
Madates for Health Insurance
Lawmakers are looking at the possibility of enforcing mandates regarding health insurance in the coming years. The mandate would require employers to either provide their workers with health insurance or have them make payments to the government to help fund a public option. The public option would most likely be administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and would be designed to compete with private insurance plans. While additional taxes may be needed to help fund these changes, Democrats are hopeful that improving efficiency and cutting wasteful spending will be enough to cover much of the cost. There are a lot of things up in the air over these plans, what do you think will ultimately happen?