On 03/25/2017 08:41 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/25/2017 8:45 AM, philo wrote:


To say that people can opt out of health insurance would be like saying
people can opt out of car insurance.


No one is going to go through life never having a health issue of some
sort. It's possible for someone to drive their whole life and never get
in a car accident.



If you have no health insurance (your choice) you can just go home and
die. If you crash into a car and injure 5 people, you are liable. You
do NOT have to insure your own car though.



All states either require one to have auto insurance or have a
verifiable money bond.

Those who do not have health insurance don't usually opt to go home and
die, they simply do not pay their hospital bill. The hospital simply
puts their costs onto the bills of all the people who are insured.


I think everyone should have health insurance and the one exception
would be for those who have a money bond such as done in the states that
do not require insurance.


In the 38 years I was on my job, I took all of two sick days so
basically paid in for all those years and never took anything out.

I suppose I could have complained about it but as it turned our my knees
had to be replaced and my insurance paid for 95% of the bill which was
over $100k.