People aren't going to reject his ideas because he's Krauthammer (although I think that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, myself). They're going to reject them because he advocates taxing people for the money their employers contribute towards their health insurance. That one will never be accepted by the majority of people who get their health insurance through their employer.

His proposal also doesn't do a thing to solve the problem of people not being able to get insurance because of pre-existing conditions (which includes age, by the way), and it also does absolutely nothing about insurance companies denying their customers needed care in order to maximize their profits. So those who don't have access to health care or who are being ripped off by their insurance carriers will never accept his proposal eiher. Those two groups represent the majority of people in this country.

Krauthammer's proposal doesn't do a thing to help the uninsured and the underinsured get access to health care, and for this reason, his proposal would not do a thing to correct the increase in the deficit that is caused by the inefficient method of health care delivery we have in this country now.