June 11, 2007 3:26PM 

# “Michael Cannon Is Dead Right” 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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[So says](http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2007/06/policy_the_cato.html) Matthew Holt of *The Health Care Blog*.

Although, I’m not sure I wrote what he’s crediting me with writing. Specifically:

> \[T\]he only rational way to start groping towards a management of the insurance market that makes some kind of logical sense…must by definition involve a mandate and severe restrictions on the cherry-picking activities of insurance companies.

So I’m going to assume that Holt meant I’m dead right when [I write](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8273) that Jonathan Cohn is dead right when [he writes](http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070604&s=cohn060407) that RomneyCare and HillaryCare have a lot in common.

Oddly, Holt thinks that forcing consumers to purchase health insurance is an important part of making sure no one takes advantage of them. Funny — I think that if I wanted to take advantage of consumers, the first thing I would do would be to take away their right to say no.

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