Opponents of a Health Insurance Mandate Mobilize (CommonDreams.org)

by James Oliphant WASHINGTON – If there is one thing in the proposed congressional healthcare overhaul that sets Michael Cannon’s libertarian teeth on edge, it’s the requirement that all Americans get health insurance. “The federal government does not have the power to force you to purchase a private product,” said Cannon, a health policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a free-market think tank …