The U.S. Supreme Court may strike down the mandate to buy health insurance . David Frum says elimination of insurance would spur more government - funded health care . Without private insurance , more Americans will look to get Medicaid coverage , he says . The affluent and those whose labor is greatly valuable to their employers will be covered by an ever-more-expensive and ever-shrinking private-insurance market . Frum : The country 's free - market boosters could spark huge government expansion .
The U.S. Supreme Court may strike down the mandate to buy health insurance . David Frum says elimination of insurance would spur more government - funded health care . Without private insurance , more Americans will look to get Medicaid coverage , he says . Frum : The country 's free - market boosters could spark huge government expansion .