Posted on 09/20/2009 7:54:37 AM PDT by tobyhill
I have a modest proposal:
Let people go without insurance, but if they need uninsured care, they owe the government/IRS their back premiums with interest and some mild penalty. If you decide to go it alone, you don’t have to pay. If you get sick and pay the costs yourself, you don’t owe the government a thing.
To address price distortions in the medical market, no individual shall be charged more than some modest premium (25% — open to debate) than a big quantity buyer, like the government or a group insurance company.
If you are illegal, the Federal government bills your home country for your emergency care and ships you home.
That would be freedom of choice, it addresses the deadbeat/illegal issue, and it addresses price distortions.
The insurance which is required by the states is liability insurance for damage done to others, not insurance for ones self. That is completely optional.
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