[Alberta's Child]

Health insurance is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

1. This country existed for about 170 years without it, so I'd hardly call it a "necessity."

2. Even if it were a necessity, there's no reason for government to mandate it. Eating is a necessity, but any so-called "leader" who sponsored a law mandating a minimal caloric intake and maximum fat content in everyone's diet would be laughed out of office.

[Sam the Sham]

This country existed for 170 years without modern medicine so you'd hardly call it a necessity, right ?

Ending the "pre existing condition" limitation and the adverse selection problems that are crippling GM would be so overwhelmingly popular with voters and industry that it would be a slam dunk.

[steve-b]

Eating is a necessity, but any so-called "leader" who sponsored a law mandating a minimal caloric intake and maximum fat content in everyone's diet would be laughed out of office.

I wish I believed that, but I don't. There are plenty of people like Sham who would stand up and cheer.