Republican senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina have put together several sweeping free-market health-care reforms in one bill, the "Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act."

National Review, April 30, 2007

Republican senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina have put together several sweeping free-market health-care reforms in one bill, the "Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act." The bill would let Americans purchase insurance from companies in other states, thus bypassing the often cumbersome regulations in their own states.

It would redirect the tax break that now goes to employer-provided health insurance so that individuals could use it to buy coverage where they wish. Competition within Medicare would be encouraged, and young workers could put their Medicare taxes into accounts that they could use to keep their private insurance after they retire. It is an ambitious plan, too ambitious to be enacted anytime soon. But Senators Coburn and Burr deserve credit for uncovering the shocking truth about health-care reform: It doesn't have to be a left-wing cause.