WTF??????
However, forcing the young healthy people to buy insurance that never gets used may drive the costs down. However, all of the other free stuff will probably offset the savings.
On the other hand, they have to buy the insurance and get into the system versus paying the penalty. At least intitially, the penalty will cost way less than the insurance. And like Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, there have to many many more people paying into the system than are taking from it. The demographics are changing in the US — fewer young workers as baby boomers retire.