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Old 11-10-2016, 11:51 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
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.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?
Some states don't have mandatory auto insurance. You don't opt out of potentially needing medical care, you are self insured.
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