1. Get rid of the individual mandate
2. Pass tort reform
3. Repeal medical device tax
4. Get rid of employer mandate
5. Bring work week back to 40 hours because of #4
6. There we go. Sit back and watch the system tumble into a death spiral.
FTFY. No one really likes the individual mandate, but it's there for a really, really good reason.
Every idea you mentioned above, except for 3 (which is trivial) and 2 (which isn't that important to the goal of universal coverage), would cripple any approach to widening coverage.
Here's the thing: Number six in your correction is the deliberate goal of the Republicans.
Sometimes I think the entire GOP is just political theater to facilitate the upper class's looting of America.
