Comment Re:Age old strategy (Score 2, Insightful) 650
Auto insurance is mandatory.
Only if you drive. Some people don't.
With our system of publicly funded hospitals, you'd have to have "Do Not Revive" tattooed on yur forehead to opt out.
Which brings up an interesting question about national health insurance: Can they require members of the Church of Christ Scientist to participate in such a plan?
If you go for a period of time without auto insurance, i.e. not driving, you fall into the automotive indemnity bracket (steeply inflated rates) when you acquire another vehicle and insure it. You are, in effect, punished for not consuming the mandated good.