Running for Cover

In a relatively rare instance of policy – rather than personal – disagreement, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hold differing views on how to make sure Americans have health insurance. While Clinton proposes an individual mandate, Obama contends that making health care affordable is the only way to achieve true universal coverage. Individual mandates have run into trouble, in legislation in California and implementation in Massachusetts. Finding the resources to subsidize the purchase of health care by the poor has proven difficult on the state level. – YaleGlobal