You do realize that Massachusetts has had this system in place for a while now, right? The insured rate went from 86.6% in 2006 to 96% today. The uninsured ra

You do realize that Massachusetts has had this system in place for a while now, right? The insured rate went from 86.6% in 2006 to 96% today. The uninsured rate is 3 times less than it was just a few years ago. On this topic, you can look at real data and not rely on idle speculation. I just don't see a reasonable way to draw the conclusion that "the government's expectation that everyone will buy health insurance just because they're enacting tax penalties seems somewhat naive." Unless you literally mean every single last person.