Think mandating health insurance coverage at the national level is the functional equivalent of states mandating that drivers carry auto insurance?
Obama does.
He’s wrong.
Again.
As Judson Berger of Fox News points out, there are many differences between mandated health insurance and auto insurance. Here are a few highlights:
- Auto insurance is avoidable – health insurance is not.
- Car insurance is mandated to protect others – health insurance is not.
- Health insurance would be subsidized – by your tax dollars – car insurance is not.
The ultimate irony? Remember candidate Obama? HE was adamantly opposed to mandating health care coverage. That was candidate Clinton’s position if you recall. But in his recent joint address to Congress, Obama eagerly enveloped the concept – never mind potential constitutional hurdles to mandating health insurance coverage for all citizens.

