Obamacare Without the Mandate, WAPO Misrepresents Washington State Example

The Washington Post had a piece that looked at the experience of Washington State to see what might happen with President Obama's health care plan if the mandate is struck down. Washington State provides an interesting model because it had established a similar model of health care reform in the early 90s.

While the initial plan did have mandates, these were never put into law. As a result, people could opt to not buy insurance until they actually had serious medical problems. Many people wen...