[joylyn]

There are arguments in favor of mandatory health insurance. But before we take this step, why not try offering consumers a menu of health plans tailored to meet their needs and budgets?

[pageonetoo]

There are arguments in favor of mandatory health insurance.

Name one, that is in line with self-sufficiency! It is just another wealth transfer. I owe you no obligation to help maintain your health, by sharing the cost when you WANT a haert or kidney transplant. Sorry, but I have my own children and grands!

It may sound callous, but it is reality. Those who can't afford it, feel they are owed these things! My Constitution offers no lifetime guarantees!

[longtermmemmory]

This is about moving to eliminate the right of redress when doctors screw up.

No fault malpractice is the logical step.

[dljordan]

"There are arguments in favor of mandatory health insurance."

There are NO arguments force forcing someone under threat of law to purchase something. How far has this country fallen when this type of thinking is prevalent? The AMA and the insurance companies are joined together at the hip. It's about greed and money not concern for the welfare of Americans.

"Unless we put Medical Freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship . . . to restrict the art of healing to one class of men, and deny equal privilege to others, will be to constitute the Bastille of Medical Science. All such laws are un-American and despotic and have no place in a Republic ... The Constitution of this Republic should make special privilege for Medical Freedom as well as Religious Freedom."

Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Indepenence.