its not quite the same thing .We already have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people on the road without car insurance which is required by law because they can't afford it. What exactly is gonna be the punishment for those who can't afford to purchase health insurance?
buying car insurance is part of the contract you sign with society which allows you to drive a portentially dangerous machine while interacting amounst us .
no federal law says you HAVE to drive and buy car insurance thats a state function
In my view it's close enough to the same thing. It's based on the same idea: that you should be held accountable for something you haven't done yet, something you may never do. Mandatory auto insurance assumes you will cause damages to someone else and not reimburse them. Mandatory health insurance assumes you will get sick, rack up medical bills and not pay them. In both cases we're being treated as though we are guilty of a crime before we've done anything wrong. It seems to me a like a dangerous way to effect law. It turns "guilty until proven innocent" on it's head, and treats us all as eminent lawbreakers.
yes you may NEVER be responsible for damaging another persons car /property, but what if somebody else damages yours how do you get compensation if they dont have insurance ?...auto insurance is a two way street it protects you from others and protects them from you
im for mandatory auto insurance, against mandatory health insurance ,against telling any business owner how he should run his business what benefits he should provide and who he should or should not sell to .
insurance does nt stop you from racking up health bills if you DONT have insurance to get treatment you would have to pay first or sign a contract to agree that you will (use you house as a lean perhaps ) your statement is a redherring noboby will treat you with out some sort of contract or prepayment . if you own a business would you GIVE a service for free of course not why should a doctor ?
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