“I’m no lawyer and the Court will decide whatever they decide,” says Bruce Bodaken, CEO of Blue Shield of California, “But I do know this — We mandate many things in this society. … I have to send my children to school, at least to a certain age. If you want to drive a car, you have to have auto insurance. I don’t think this is all that different,” he said in reference to the mandate that’s currently being debated by the Supreme Court. But, in some ways, it shouldn’t be a surprise that a health insurance executive would support a government mandate that would bring his company more business reports npr.org.