we're joined by greg scandlen from consumers were healthcare choice is. >> of talk about mandatory coverage and i suppose i should start off by confessing i have violated the law on the way here today the district of columbia has mandated that no one use a cell phone while driving within the district and i confess somebody did call me and i was continuing to drive even before i got to washington d.c. i was violating the 55-mile per hour speed limit with about 10,000 other people so the point* is that mandates simply don't work. [laughter] they talk about the main gate auto insurance coverage but about 15% of all drivers to not have autumn insurance coverage although it is mandated in 47 states and that is why you have the uninsured motorists writer on your on a policy because it is so broadly violated. all of the interest groups and washington support it the american hospital association, a lot of republicans support it and democrats but this has happened before in 1988 congress passed up medicare catastrophic program which required elderly people to buy the supplement program it was suppor