I'M IMPRESSED...

Former GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist makes up a bit for his atrocious behavior during the Schiavo episode by coming out in favor of individual mandates for non-wingnutty reasons.

Frist: An Individual Mandate for Health Insurance Would Benefit All
Nobody should fear bankruptcy due to illness or injury
By William H. Frist
Posted September 28, 2009

William H. Frist, a Tennessee Republican, is a heart surgeon and the former U.S. Senate majority leader.

In our reimbursement-driven, public-private health sector (which delivers the most robust health services on the globe), the only way affordable access can be achieved is for every citizen to have some type of insurance.

First, it would achieve fairness.
Second, it would eliminate wasteful cost-shifting.
Third, it would reduce adverse selection.