IIRC McCain tried in 2008. It was partially financed by taxing expensive employer-provided plans, and was promptly demogogued as "taking away your existing insu

IIRC McCain tried in 2008. It was partially financed by taxing expensive employer-provided plans, and was promptly demogogued as "taking away your existing insurance". Would you not agree that treating all citizens equally, and giving them the freedom to choose how and where they get their healthcare would be an improvement on the current system? Of course. Economists all over the spectrum agree that either individual insurance should be tax-deductible or employer-provided insurance should be taxed. But it will never happen, because politics. See http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-love-and-politicians-hate http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-poli...