Many on here say that forced health insurance i sthe same as auto insurance, but how is that?
I do not need auto insurance if I do not own a car. I make that choice whether to drive or not. I do not get fined if I don’t have a car for not having auto insurance.
So in what way are these in any way the same?
They are not the same. People have the option of driving a car. If they decide to take advantage of that option, then they are required to have insurance.
If you don’t want to pay for car insurance, opt out of driving.
If you don’t want to pay for health insurance, opt out of…..life?
Call me crazy, but I’m not so sure that biking to work and suicide are the same…..
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Its just an excuse Lemmings use to try to get you to think like they do.
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no problem…then don’t go to the Dr or hospital….or have cash up front to pay…..
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They are completely different.
Everyone in the US will have to purchase health insurance. Only the privileged who drive have to purchase auto insurance.
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they are both insurance, and they are both necessary.
If you don’t own a car, it is not necessary.
If you don’t have a body, health care is not necessary.
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FACE IT SOON THE GOVERNMENT WILL REGULATE YOUR CALORIC INTAKE .
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Apparently conservatives think you can decide NOT to use your body.
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-headpalm-
Maybe obarrybama will force the insurance companies to insure and pay for repairs on my car after I wreck it even if I wasn’t insured before I wrecked it.
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You only have insurance to use public roads. You can do donuts in your yard all day while drinking a beer. Just not enough to get a public intoxication ticket.
Mandated health insurance will be found unconstitutional. It is not a tax. You cannot be forced to pay a private company that has not provided a requested service by you.
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They’re not……and only an idiot would say so.
The issue is both are state regulated by guidelines to the public and no state guideline requires their citizenry to buy health insurance. When the public sector feds force you to purchase a state controlled private sector product, else the public sector will make you pay penalties and tax fines……you have monsterous issue with the Consitution. 13 states and the list is growing already filing briefs to SCOTUS. If the cons if they win, don’t get it repealed which is what the majority of the country wants, SCOTUS will toss many parts of it out.
The show is about to begin!!!
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No, driving is a privilege not a right. I don’t have to carry car insurance simply because I breathe. Health care is a personal responsibility, not a right. In that respect and in only that respect are they the same.
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health insurance should never have been insurance like a car.. You insure a car for things that MIGHT happen.. health and doctor visits are NEEDED.. it would be like having Geico pay for when you go to jiffy lube..
the system is set up all wrong
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I think the implication is that we should all swallow magical beans that will then pierce our stomachs with giant beanstalks!
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They are not the same.
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Many Americans need a car to get back and forth to work. While I guess they could move, it seems a bit silly to imply that it would be a reasonable thing to ask of them. The simple fact is, most need their cars to live at their current standards of living…
heck, technically, I rarely go to the doctor… I actually need a car (and thus car insurance) MORE than I have needed health care and health insurance… lol
the fine however is different…
tell you what, I get a fine if I drive a car and I’m not insured… how about if we don’t have mandatory fines, UNLESS you go to a hospital and use the care? that way you can choose not to go to the hospital if you want… and you wouldn’t get a fine?
going to the hospital is a choice, right?
and hey, maybe we could even hand everyone little bracelts that tells EMS drivers not to take you to the hospital if you can’t talk… just so we’re sure…
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You may not have a car to insure but you have your health to insure.
They both keep irresponsible people needing medical services from getting their medical services and not paying for it, forcing the rest of the population to pay unpaid medical providers through higher bills or support an increase in Medicaid costs. Would you like being a parasite? Sounds like you would.
Do you get it now?
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A car is optional. Don’t drive if you don’t want to buy insurance. Why should I pay for damage you did? Same principal.
Since you feel that strong about health insurance then they should have a mandate on the bill.
A hospital or Doctor WILL turn you away if you do not have insurance or the cash to pay for services. No matter the costs. That’s it, nothing is free. Why should the people with insurance pay for those who don’t? Do you want a handout? Sounds that way.
Well you are free to die. Living costs money.
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They are not the same. People have the option of driving a car. If they decide to take advantage of that option, then they are required to have insurance.
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they both involve money.
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