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

To: Lane3 who wrote (8643)	8/24/2009 1:17:23 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

I can see requiring insurance if you are building a socialized system, which can't tolerate free riders. With a free market "REAL" or otherwise, I don't see the point. They would not be free riders. They wouldn't ride at all. What rationale do you have to offer for that requirement? Too many people would get the pay raise and decide on a large screen TV instead of a health care program. The number of insured people would decline substantially; mostly by the healthy people. The insured mix would probably force insurance companies to RAISE premiums. I don't see a way to lower cost without including virtually everyone and spreading the risk.