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Article: Health Care's Bipartisan Problem: The Sick Are Expensive and Someone Has to Pay by Anne Wilde Mathews and Louise Radnofsky

1. Suppose the federal government mandates that insurance companies must offer health policies to individuals regardless of preexisting conditions and also sets caps on premiums. Does the government then need to mandate universal coverage or subsidize insurance policies? 2. Evaluate this statement: "People want low premiums, they want guaranteed access to insurance at rates that don't reflect their health status...when you try to figure out how to make it work, people don't like the solutions." Are these people irrational? Are they unrealistic?