OTHER PHILL BLOGS

September 14, 2009

HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE

Some weeks ago, when I heard a report that Obama wanted to mandate health insurance coverage for every person , I was shocked and thought surely someone was misquoting the President. It goes against my understanding of the freedom of choice of life in America.

But in Obama's speech before the joint session of Congress last week, he restated the proposal that would require every individual to have health insurance.When he used the analogy of required health coverage being like required auto insurance, I was dumbstruck by the faulty comparison.

Today I read an article that states more clearly than I ever could the folly of this analogy. Click to read:
A Health Insurance Mandate That Works Like Auto Insurance? Think Again - Political News - FOXNews.com

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