Comment Re:But I have to have auto insurance... (Score 1) 1505
the government can force me to have auto insurance, but not health insurance?
Driving a car is a privilege, not a right.
Health care is something everybody is going to need from birth to death.
Call me a socialist if you must, but a for profit health care system is flawed. The judge was right to rule that mandatory participation in a for profit enterprise is unconstitutional. My insurer gladly takes the premium out of my pay check, but is forbids me the operation I need. That procedure would cut into their bottom line.
It's unfortunate that many will take this the wrong way and I'm sure mainstream media won't help to clear the air. It's unfortunate this ruling will be seen by the tea party as affirmation that "ObamaCare" is wrong instead of the correct interpretation that "ObamaCare" didn't go far enough (public option).
Before you complain about your taxes being used to pay for someone else's health care, please understand you're paying for it anyway. Emergency rooms will treat those who need urgent care. The uninsured wait until their condition develops into an emergency instead of getting the stitches or meds or whatever two weeks prior as a routine thing for a routine cost.
Don't want to buy auto insurance? Take the bus.
Don't want heath care? Don't be born in the first place.