If the government does mandate that we all buy health insurance, how is that not government taking over our health care?  A mandate without a public option or a single payer system is a mandate of profits to the well connect and a well placed few. Putting the foxes in charge of the hen house. A mandate is a tax. A mandate to pay corporations is taxation without representation, that will increase whenever a corporations need for profits increases.  It is a redistribution of wealth, however the money is flowing to those who need it the least from the least fortunate of us.    If the government intervenes and mandates that we all have insurance, I see two options.

First option.  A government mandate to purchase corporate insurance must be accompanied by a mandate to provide minimum coverage to anyone that requests it and must be non-profit.  Profits could be derived from addition insurance for perks such as guaranteeing you receive a private room.  But without a non-profit mandate, how is it not a for profit mandate for the insurance companies?

Second.  A single payer system where all Americans pay into one pool and all risk is divided equally.  A mandate is a tax, and taxes should only be payed to governments, not to corporations.  When we pay taxes to corporations, we have Corporate Fascism.

It is not called free health care, it is called single payer.  This means the government would pool all the money we currently give to the many corporate interests, and consolidate this and be the single payer for every ones health care. Consider this example.  If we all payed in $1000 a year, or $3000 per household, into a single payer system, we would have over 300 billion a year.  $300 billion before any tax dollars were consumed.   How many people can say they can be covered for $1000 a year per person?  And if we could afford to pay more… we are approaching a trillion dollars a year.  Cut out the billions in profits that inspire insurance companies to engage in racketeering and fraud and we are easily over a trillion a year, now financing is a very small problem.

If any bill should happen to pass that includes a mandate, you better decide who you want to pay taxes to, and which of these two terms you prefer.   Corporate Fascism or Socialized Medicine.  It comes down to whether you want to stand with the people of this country, and all civilized nations of the world, or with the corporations.  Which side will you be on?