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To: Olog-hai
Allowing healthy people to opt out of having health insurance destroys the insurance community

Well then it's not insurance. It's redistribution.
18 posted on 05/12/2012 2:45:40 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: andyk
Well then it's not insurance. It's redistribution.

Great point.

I'd add that routine medical care is expected, predictable and a normal service that most everyone consumes.

Insurance is for the unexpected, unpredictable event that is too costly to finance individually. So people buy insurance to spread the cost.

Forcing people to buy insurance for normal health expenditures is like having a mandatory federal insurance program to pay for bread.

Forget I said that. I don't want to give them any ideas!

104 posted on 05/13/2012 7:56:06 AM PDT by SupplySider
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