Several states and communities are moving to provide universal health coverage for their residents, but a federal law is blocking their efforts. Many of the proposals require employers either to offer health coverage themselves or pay into a public fund to help cover the uninsured…. Some employers say that conflicts with a federal law that bars states from requiring or regulating employer-provided benefits such as health coverage. The law, which protects private-sector companies from having to meet a patchwork of state and local demands, is supported by businesses. (USA Today, Thursday)
Oh what a tangle they create
When first they seek to legislate.
FEE Timely Classic
Decentralization: Freedom by Diffusion by David C. Huff