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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Koligman who wrote (6014)	2/11/2009 12:30:02 PM
From: Peter Dierks	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I already explained it: "It is related to the infringement of your right to yell fire in a crowded theater. You can be forced to carry insurance for your liability to others." Since it is REQUIRED, how does that not violate that which you APPARENTLY hold 'so dear' If you yell fire in a crowded theater there is a high probability that in the panic lives will be lost as people are crushed at the exit. There is a slight infringement of personal freedoms in exchange for a significant increase in attendee responsibility. Most states that require insurance allow a waiver of the insurance if you can post a bond with sufficient collateral pledged. In practice this is a different insurance contract, but you could take a million dollars or whatever the monetary requirement is and let the government hold it for you. There is a slight infringement of personal freedoms in exchange for a significant increase in society wide responsibility. You have a heart attack, have no insurance, go to the emergency room, and the taxpayer PAYS That is a choice that government has made. Society could choose to refuse coverage to those who refuse to be insured. This would devolve into a hippocratic oath issue for physicians. In practice much if not most unpaid medical care is not billed to any government, but becomes a cost to the providing hospital(or other medical entity). Unpaid services become a cost which is spread among paying patients. Thus if individuals choose to live in a community with high unpaid service rates they are agreeing to pay more for services for the privilege of living there. Many people are covered by medicaid, but they are not among those listed as uninsured, or at least should not be.