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Paul Krugman
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The New York Times
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March 30, 2012
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/opinion/krugman-broccoli-and-bad-faith.html
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Justice Antonin Scalia compared the purchase of health insurance to the purchase of broccoli, with the implication that if the government can compel you to do the former, it can also compel you to do the latter. That comparison horrified health care experts all across America because health insurance is nothing like broccoli. Why? When people choose not to buy broccoli, they don’t make broccoli unavailable to those who want it. But when people don’t buy health insurance until they get sick — which is what happens in the absence of a mandate — the resulting worsening of the risk pool makes insurance more expensive, and often unaffordable, for those who remain.
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This item argues against the position Act is unconstitutional on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
