If you don’t believe that in America, we are free to make choices about how to live in accordance with conscience, what are you doing on Free Republic? Would I like Becky to have health insurance? Sure. I have it. It’s way too expensive, too. I would prefer to bank the $15,000/year we pay for “coverage” (and that’s with the highest deductible, etc) and bank it for health costs and just have a catastrophic policy. But it doesn’t work that way for us. But I support Becky’s right and the right of the Amish, and the right of anyone else to live without it. This isn’t Europe. This isn’t the Nanny State. At least not yet!! We are different from Europeans. Let’s make different choices! There are lots of ways to increase Americans’ chances to have good health insurance. It doesn’t HAVE to be a “job benefit.” It shouldn’t be. It should be your policy, a piece of personal property.
Don't compare Becky with the Amish. The Amish through their church each pay into a pool each month and that money is kept by the church and is paid to the hospital when a member needs it. Many Amish sects are now taking out catasphrohic health plans with say a $50,000 deductible or higher.