Mandatory?

In America we cherish individual freedom, but what we cherish is freedom of decision.

We don't want to be told what to do, but of course we can take suggestions.

This is the problem with Universal Health Care, even if it is in fact better for almost everyone.

Or current system is inefficient and expensive but it pretends to offer us some choices.

Those choices may be limited by your employer or by your income, but we think we get to decide.

In fact once a year we tend to have some open season where a certain number of options are provided.

It doesn't matter if these choices are restrictive, at an individual level it has the appearance of freedom.

Its the first hurdle that universal mandatory plans have to overcome.

We don't like mandatory.