Also, I agree with you that ending the “free rides” of so many at the taxpayer’s expense was a very conservative concept and based on encouraging individual responsibililty.
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Forcing government run health care down peoples throats is not conservative. Most of the so called “free riders” are illegal aliens who don’t pay taxes anyway, nor carry mandatory car insurance either. They don’t obey the laws already, and the won’t pay the taxes either. In CA, they use the Emergency waiting rooms as their primary care physician.
Gov’t run health care takes away freedom, as well as any opportunity to negotiate your own medical prices. Catastrophic insurance is an answer for those who wish to remain without an HMO or PPO, but to force (under penalty of fine or jail time) a public health option is Un-American.
Hey, whoa, settle down there, friend. We agree on that stuff, tonto. You are confusing apples and oranges. I don’t know any conservatives who are for a public option. Government run health care is not the same thing as universal coverage in my opinion. Seems like a lot of people are confusing the issues and merging them together. I vehemently oppose expanding government run health care anywhere, although many people seem to benefit from the VA system and Medicare etc... As far as I can tell, based on a quick search, there is no public option or government run health care in Taxachusetts. Heritage and Romney pushed through universal coverage, not a public option.