I am aware of no federal government mandate that requires everyone who resides in this country to purchase automobile insurance or pay a penalty tax to the I.R.S. Newt’s analogy is not a good one.
I agree.
A better argument/discussion would be the mandates on hospitals to treat patients that show up in emergency rooms. You will never see a candidate discuss that one because it's a popular give-away with (usually) hidden costs.
Here is a better one. You already pay a tax for healthcare just like you pay for uninsured motorists.
You carry uninsured motorists policy to protect you from being damaged by an uninsured motorist, but if you have a claim agains an uninsured motorists, it is charged against your insurance which raises your rate.
When and insured patines goes to the hospital the insurance is over billed to make up for the patient who doesn't have insurance, it has been an open policy that I know of for at least 60 years.
Example I had some stints put in at a Blue Cross provider Hospital, that means they have contracted with Blue Cross to accept whatever is reasonable and customary. Blue Cross was billed $106.000.00 for the procedure they paid $6,000.00 and I was responsible for none of the over charge.
There is the real problem chew on that.