Reply #38: If you honestly can't spend money on health insurance because it will take money [View All]

[county worker]

needed for necessities I would be against your being mandated to buy insurance.

But, if you can afford insurance but just don't want to buy it I think you should be mandated to buy it. You sit behind your screen and tell all of us that we should have health coverage for everyone yet you are unwilling to contribute to it's cost. That is just double speak.

Of course you say you would pay for a public option but not for insurance industry products. The trouble with that is that there is no public option at this time.


If you want the benefits of the medical system you should do the right thing and pay for your share of it. It is a collective thing. The more of us that pay into it the less the cost to the individual and more care it can provide. The mandate is one of the legs of the chair.