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To: RMF who wrote (521820)	11/11/2012 6:08:44 AM
From: prometheus1976	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793657

That is not all the same thing...even though you have a mandatory auto insurance law a fair # of drivers still wont carry auto insurance....when the uninsured folks have an accident they just dont get paid.. With the mandatory health care folks who don't carry health insurance will still get treatment even though they don't pay into the system....they will be asessed a penalty but they wont pay that either.. breakdown by state of uninsured drivers- Here is the IRC's breakdown of states, by percentage of uninsured drivers: Alabama = 26% Alaska = 13% Arizona = 18% Arkansas = 15% California = 18% Colorado = 15% Connecticut = 9% D.C. = 15% Delaware = 10% Florida = 23% Georgia = 12% Hawaii = 12% Idaho = 9% Illinois = 15% Indiana = 14% Iowa = 12% Kansas = 10% Kentucky = 16% Louisiana = 12% Maine = 4% Maryland = 12% Massachusetts = 1% Michigan = 17% Minnesota = 12% Mississippi = 28% Missouri = 14% Montana = 15% Nebraska = 8% Nevada = 15% New Hampshire = 11% New Jersey = 8% New Mexico = 29% New York = 5% North Carolina = 12% North Dakota = 5% Ohio = 16% Oklahoma = 24% Oregon = 11% Pennsylvania = 7% Rhode Island = 14% South Carolina = 9% South Dakota = 7% Tennessee = 20% Texas = 15% Utah = 8% Vermont = 6% Virginia = 9% Washington = 16% West Virginia = 8% Wisconsin = 15% Wyoming = 9%

To: RMF who wrote (521820)	11/11/2012 8:47:22 AM
From: Bill	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793657

I know plenty of people without car insurance. It's only a 'mandate' if you have a car. But everyone has a body.

To: RMF who wrote (521820)	11/11/2012 11:47:37 AM
From: i-node	11 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793657

>> Do you believe that mandating the purchase of car insurance has caused the cost of car insurance to go up? Why in the world does anyone even need to ask that question. The answer is obvious, but also irrelevant and literally immaterial when compared with the loss of freedom involved. Mandated insurance -- whether auto or health, is an intrusion into individual liberty. Period. Forget that both were sold to the American people under false pretenses. All this taking away rights and freedoms cannot continue and still have the same great country many of us were born into. The most important question asked during the Obamacare case was by Alito, when he asked whether the people could be compelled by government to purchase burial insurance. The answer, now, is "YES". And if they can mandate burial insurance, what can't they mandate?

To: RMF who wrote (521820)	11/11/2012 12:54:16 PM
From: DMaA	6 Recommendations Respond to of 793657

There is a difference between a State and The Federal government. Really Google it. moron.