Should Congress require that most Americans have health insurance – and that they be subject to penalties if they don’t?

September 29, 2009 A mandate, that has been created within the health care reform, requires that individuals must have health insurance. In order to make this mandate effective, health care providers would create standards so that health care is attainable for everyone. Supports believe this is the best way to reduce the amount of uninsured Americans. On the other hand, opposers debate that families would have to spend a sizeable portion of income on insurance that may not be very good. This brief, provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, debates aspects that would support and reject both sides of the . . .