July 24, 2009 2:18PM 

# Debating the Individual Mandate 

By [Michael D. Tanner](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-d-tanner) 

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[Mark Pauly](http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/pauly.html) is usually an ally of those who support free-market health care reform. But, occassionally, he strays off the reservation. Recently, he and I debated the merits of an [individual mandate](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa565.pdf) for health insurance on public​square​.net. Click [here](http://www.publicsquare.net/) to listen.

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