The introduced and now in affect nationwide, removes Obamacare mandates and helps it die a cruel death. Since the Congress could not get their heads together to introduce MORE government on top of Obamacare, Senator Paul's solution adds being able to purchase across State lines, removing prior laws that forbade this. It also rings the death knell even more for a failed Government program, Obamacare.
I think we got a mark in the win column
1. The elimination of annual and lifetime caps on coverage.
2. The prohibition against denying care for pre-existing conditions or pricing coverage for these conditions accordingly.
3. The establishment of minimum standards of coverage by the government.
The individual mandate was really just a tiny part of ObamaCare, and it played no role in the issues that are really driving health insurance costs up. The GOP has worn out its arms giving itself pats on the back for eliminating the ObamaCare penalty because they can't bring themselves to admit that they are incapable of dealing with the REAL issues here.