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To: Sam who wrote (134209)	3/23/2010 9:21:16 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 542967

1. Someone who doesn't want insurance will be "forced" to get it or pay a fine (doesn't auto insurance work like this in most if not all states?) No. You usually have to insured your car to register it, but there is no legal requirement to register a car. (Also not quite as much on your point, but still significant, the requirement for insurance is only for liability, to cover damage to others, not to cover your own repairs or medical costs from car crashes. ) Insurance companies will be "forced" to cover people with pre-existing conditions Which is a loss to liberty, and if the rates are capped perhaps a removal of the industry, or something that is going to turn it in to something that only survives on government subsidies, while if the rates are not capped, they can effectively deny people by charging them more than they can afford. More liberty: 1. People who have developed an illness or who have a dependent child who is sick won't be forced to stay in a particular job in order to get or remain insured. That can be a major practical benefit, but it isn't really a liberty issue. Liberty is freedom from someone imposing a restraint on you, not freedom from your situation making other choices foolish ones.

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