Massachusetts has recently passed a law creating an "individual mandate" to purchase health insurance. Meanwhile, a rep from Arizona in congress is trying to pass a bill to create a national market for health insurance (currently, states can dictate what must be covered in health insurance policies).

Here is a story on it (http://www.medicalprogresstoday.com/enewsletters/mpt_ind.php?pid=1224&nid=86)

I think the MA approach is rife with problems, and the AZ plan is the best shot at something that will work.