They have promised to insure people with pre-existing conditions in return for a government mandate forcing healthy, young citizens to carry insurance.

There's no government mandate to focus or issue an opinion on individual cases.

Government mandated paid maternity leave won't solve all of our problems, and it may even create some.

There was no top-down federal government mandate.

Industry executives said that the drop-off in government mandates could trigger layoffs at some firms, as the pickup in demand in the private sector was unlikely to fully compensate.