Why Is Mandatory Health Insurance Good? 
That is an excellent question , and I am glad that you asked it ! With all of the misinformation that has been spread about the Affordable Care Act -LRB- Obamacare -RRB- it has been difficult to figure out what is true , and what is n't . As you know , the Act mandated health care for everyone . The reason for this was two fold . The first reason is that for many people , the only reason that they bought it was because they were unhealthy , and were afraid that their health would at some point require expensive treatments . -LRB- which statistically , it did -RRB- . This raised the overall costs of insurance for everyone . By mandating the insurance , The pool of applicants now included all of the `` healthy people '' as well , which theoretically , and statistically lowers the per-person cost of insurance . The other reason was that people who could afford insurance but did n't buy it were receiving medical treatment anyway . Who do you think was paying for that treatment ? Yup , we were . Now some of that cost shifts back to the individual where it belongs , and not to the general public . That also should theoretically lower all of our treatment costs , as the medical practitioners are getting paid for their services . Personal freedom arguments aside , financially it is a good idea , and it has worked well in Massachusetts since Mr. Romneyinstituted the plan there . Thanks for asking ! 