Just take a look at the new regulations in Obamacare, which even some Republicans who claim to be free market champions support. Forcing the insurance companies in a free market to cover all preexisting conditions and calling 26 year old adults children. This much government involvement doesn't resemble freedom and perhaps, that's they the United States (supposedly the freest country in the world) is ranked 9th in the Heritage Foundation's 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The Heritage Foundation defines and organize these rankings based on the following information:
Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please, with that freedom both protected by the state and unconstrained by the state. In economically free societies, governments allow labor, capital and goods to move freely, and refrain from coercion or constraint of liberty beyond the extent necessary to protect and maintain liberty itself.
How do you measure economic freedom?
We measure ten components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom. The ten component scores are then averaged to give an overall economic freedom score for each country. The ten components of economic freedom are:
Business Freedom
Trade Freedom
Fiscal Freedom
Government Spending
Monetary Freedom
Investment Freedom
Financial Freedom
Property Rights
Freedom from Corruption
Labor Freedom
