2012 ELECTION

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The Supreme Court has long been expected to have the final word on the legality of the individual mandate (requiring individuals to buy health care or be penalized), a cornerstone of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

I'm not commenting (yet) on Obamacare as a whole but I find it interesting that in California, you're required to have automobile insurance (and show proof if you're pulled over). Why is it so different to require someone to have health insurance? You could say that auto insurance is required to protect "the other guy" but similarly, you could argue that health insurance is required to protect the average tax payer from having to pay medical bills for people who have no health insurance.