Ethics of the individual mandate

Ethics of the individual mandate: When it comes to health care reform, [autonomy] standards are thrown out the window – few people seem to consider it a violation of respect for autonomy to force people to buy health insurance. I did a search for articles discussing the ethics of the individual mandate, and my most striking finding was that there were so few of them! There are a few that focus on whether the mandate is constitutional, which is important, but is not the same question.