So Romney’s proposing forcing everyone in the USA to sign up for medical insurance whether they want it or not as an anti-trust measure?
No.
The anti-trust exemption for insurance companies is why insurance companies run roughshod over policy holders each and every day.
There are several solutions to the health care problems we’re facing:
Small businesses ought to be able to buy health insurance through national associations across state lines (a.k.a. Association health plans). However, this requires that the insurance industry is subject to federal oversight. In other words, McCarron Ferguson needs to be repealed.
All people need to be insured, or need to demonstrate the ability to pay their bills at the ER, so that the free-loaders quit driving up the price for everyone else.
Tort reform is a must. You can’t have OB’s paying $200,000/year for $250,000 worth of insurance. Those costs get passed right along to the patient...and their insurance companies.
A single-payer health plan ought to be avoided.
“So Romney’s proposing forcing everyone in the USA to sign up for medical insurance whether they want it or not as an anti-trust measure?”
No, his Federal proposal is to let states have the freedom/flexibility to use health-care allocated dollars more as they see fit.
More on NRO conservative review of Romney’s proposals here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmQwZTIzODQxYWQ3ZDlkNmVlZjVjYzA3MTA3ZTBkNzU=
A lot of good feedback on Romney’s proposals.