Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post:

“Health‐​care provision at center of Supreme Court debate was a Republican idea” [Mar. 27, A7] describes the health care law Mitt Romney signed while governor of Massachusetts as comprised of “free‐​market ideas.” Really?


RomneyCare’s individual mandate, now mirrored in ObamaCare, uses the power of the state to compel people to health insurance. What could be more un‐​free than that?