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Virgina health care challenge dismissed

Thrilla said:
jesus.... why do people always bring up auto insurance as a rebuttal to mandated health insurance?

first, auto insurance is not mandated if you don't own a car.... or drive on public roads... it's a condition of utilizing the privileged of driving on public roads.
2nd, the mandated part of auto insurance pays no benefits to you.. it pays to other people when you are at fault when you damage their property or health
3rd, auto insurance is not federally mandated... and it's not even mandated in every state. ( financial responsibility is mandated everywhere, for when you mess up someone else's property or health

mandated health insurance is based on the condition of being alive and legally residing within the borders of the united states.
it pays benefits for you... not anyone else.
it is federally mandated

please, think before using the auto insurance rebuttal... the 2 are nothing alike.
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It's really not that bad of an analogy. Everyone who drives a car has to have insurance. Well, everyone who breathes can get free health care at an ER, so in effect everyone is a driver in this analogy.

Mandated auto insurance pays benefits to others? What do you think the point of the mandate is? The point is prevent others from having to pay for YOUR health care.
 
Thrilla said:
jesus.... why do people always bring up auto insurance as a rebuttal to mandated health insurance?

first, auto insurance is not mandated if you don't own a car.... or drive on public roads... it's a condition of utilizing the privileged of driving on public roads.
2nd, the mandated part of auto insurance pays no benefits to you.. it pays to other people when you are at fault when you damage their property or health
3rd, auto insurance is not federally mandated... and it's not even mandated in every state. ( financial responsibility is mandated everywhere, for when you mess up someone else's property or health

mandated health insurance is based on the condition of being alive and legally residing within the borders of the united states.
it pays benefits for you... not anyone else.
it is federally mandated

please, think before using the auto insurance rebuttal... the 2 are nothing alike.
Click to expand...

Call it a condition on using the health care industry, which every single man woman and child will do.
And it does provide benefit to others - every taxpayer and health insurance customer who has to foot the bill when someone without insurance dumps their bill on everyone else by declaring bankruptcy. At least, that's the argument the Republicans used when they introduced the idea of a mandate in the 90s.
 
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