Allow me to share some observations. Corporate America says they support a pro-competitive market place. They profess a free market is best for consumers. Their solution is for government to disappear and let business do its thing. Meanwhile corporate profits climb while downsizing of the work force accelerates.
Big business opposes mandates.
They cry foul when President Clinton ties health care reform to employers. They loudly argue this employer mandate will cause business costs to rise. These same business people opposed insurance equality laws and labeled the employee choice of provider as a mandate. Anything they don't like or that doesn't add to the bottom line is a mandate. Something is wrong in America.