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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Frankly, I don't see where the government gets off compelling you to have health insurance.
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They don't compel you; they incentivize you, with subsidies and penalties; much more lenient than the auto insurance requirement. Classicman has been considering opting out.
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Auto insurance is optional in that if you don't want to have auto insurance you don't have to own a car.
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The reasoning for mandatory auto insurance and health insurance is identical, but there's no way to opt out of potentially needing medical care. How would that work? Some sort of "do not treat" tattoo if you're brought into the ER? Like a DNR but for everything?