Will people comply with health-insurance mandate?

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - Now that the Senate appears to be on its way to imposing the very first federal mandate in American history for residents to buy insurance, a number of questions will need to be answered. We’ve already done more exploration on the issue of constitutionality than Congress has bothered to do, but compliance and enforcement have not received enough attention. Enforcement will come through the IRS under the current plan, as the IRS is the single most knowledgeable federal agency on health-care issues and insurance coverage probity … nah, I’m just kidding. They’re the government agency with the best experience in kneecapping, which is why the Democrats decided to hand them even more power over our lives.

But what about compliance? Nick Gillespie points to an interesting argument offered by the Obama administration on this point, reported by USA Today, that says that a natural compunction to do what’s right will ensure compliance...