Can We Control Health Care Costs Without Universal Coverage?

My good friend, Joe Paduda, over at his blog, "Managed Care Matters" has responded to my recent post: The Mandate Myth--Health Reform Plans Don't Have to Mandate Coverage to Work But They Do Have Be Affordable.Joe has made the point that it might be important to mandate coverage in order to prevent cost shifting. He is pointing out that unless we mandate that everyone is in the health care