Thadius -> RE: Mandated insurance, vehicle, home, etc (3/27/2010 1:49:08 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery People play both sides of this fence. First argument will be that an automobile is a choice, so technically, it's only mandated if you choose to own one. The trouble is that everyone has health, and will conceivably need health insurance. People will argue it should be choice, but just as with uninsured drivers, that choice impacts others, from unpaid emergency care to disease control. Everybody travels by road, whether at the wheel or via public transportation... yet we don't mandate all residents have some sort of insurance for being alive. Wow---if you want to get that picky, actually, we DO charge them...they pay for those roads, and they even pay gasoline taxes, as those costs are reflected in the price of the transportation. They also pay for police, fire, and military protection. Everybody. Just for being alive. Hmmm, using that standard, wouldn't that also include paying for those extra health care expenses for the uninsured and those with Medicare and Medicaid? Or at least that is what I thought was one of the arguments in support of this legislation....
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