Yeah, I get that, but there are hundreds of pages of Obamacare left to criticize. Conservatives have gotten way off track thinking the individual mandate is the key problem with the law. It could easily be replaced with a tax, without fundamentally changing anything else about the law. Would that make the law good?
Not to mention, I hope we have other issues in mind to campaign on, because this one will be irrelevant before summer if the Supreme Court overturns it.
The federal government has to be involved in Obamacare if you want insurance to be sold over state lines, which Newt wants and I think many conservatives want as well. I want a health insurance plan that I can take with me no matter where in the country that I move. I also don’t think conservatives object to getting some of your tax money back if you buy health insurance.
I don’t want the federal government involved in health care, which is why I don’t necessarily think that “selling insurance across state lines” is great - it is just another way to let the FEDS take over health care.
Any way, there are already companies that do have policies offered in more than one state. Golden Rule, Blue Cross Blue Shield to name a couple.