It's not at all unlike my State's requirement that I purchase automotive insurance in order to drive my car.
I thought about that... but you do have the option of not having an automotive and thus, not having car insurace without penalty.
With this new plan, isn't there a penalty for people if they didn't particiapate and didn't have insurance? Doesn't this make the example a little different?
Not that I'm disagreeing with your whole point.