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The taxpayers pay for 800bn a year in medical care. Im a taxpayer. Thus Im paying for someone elses medical care.
you always have, and always will....there are MANY who can afford insurance, but would rather spend it on dining out, cable TV, cell phones, etc. than buying insurance. So when their kid breaks his arm, YOU the taxpayer, will be subsiizing their life style when they take the kid to the emergency room, and never pay for the care....
I had an 18 month gap between retiring and getting my Navy Reserve retirement benefits at age 60, and had no medical care coverage from employer, so I bought a major medical policy for that 18 months. Those policies are cheap, yet too many slackers refuse to buy them, letting the rest of us pay the costs.
Health care insurance should be required for those who can afford it....