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To: neolib who wrote (229856)	11/22/2009 9:53:53 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

<The government does not provide my auto insurance> Are you aware of how many people in the US drive without insurance? Are you aware that in most states you have to buy insurance to insure you against people who drive without insurance? You cannot choose to be uninsured for health purposes -- somebody is going to pay the tab sooner or later, and in addition to being a freeloader you get third rate care and clog up the health care system. There is no kind of insurance other than socialized insurance -- insurance is, by definition a socialized approach to risk management. And when it comes to health care you can pay up front and receive reasonable care, or you can pay twice as much later and receive crap. We overpay and dish out crap because we are too immature politically to figure out this simple fact of life. To say that government has no role is to be unprepared to think this through beyond ideological soundbites.