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Do Now
Should we be required to have health insurance? Why or why not? What could be beneficial or problematic in either case?
Intro
There is intense debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, to put in place comprehensive health insurance reforms which will roll out over the next four years with most changes taking place by 2014. The law has been vehemently challenged and on March 29th this year, the Supreme Court finished hearing three days of arguments about the constitutionality of that law. One of the key issues at stake is what is termed the individual mandate.
