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

To: Road Walker who wrote (36386)	5/2/2014 4:28:55 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

>> Consumers are forced to "buy" a lot of things, they don't KNOW they won't use health insurance, and ultimately end user choice drives capitalism. Would you advocate, as Alito suggested could be done, that everyone be required to purchase a burial policy, since a person whose estate can't afford to bury him/her is a burden to the rest of the community?

To: Road Walker who wrote (36386)	5/2/2014 4:29:39 PM
From: gamesmistress	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TimF Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Consumers are forced to "buy" a lot of things Examples? Besides auto insurance, which you can forgo by not buying a car. Though I had one car totaled by someone with no license, no license plates, no registration and no insurance. Still driving. they don't KNOW they won't use health insurance, As I pointed out once, my health insurance purchased on the market did not include pregnancy or child coverage, because I didn't want or need them. ultimately end user choice drives capitalism. How, specifically, does that apply to Obamacare? End user squawking has so far resulted in postponement of mandates and other features of Obamacare, primarily because politicians feared the wrath of the voters in the upcoming elections, but nothing has really changed. The people who wanted to keep their plans couldn't. As Lane just pointed out, the fixed benefit plan is (or will be) no longer an option. Obamacare doesn't give a flying f**k about "end user choice".