Penalties to rise for shunning insurance

The Boston Globe ^ | Jan 1, 2008 | Jeffrey Krasner

[slowhandluke]

If socialized medicine is good enough for people aged 65 and over, the handicap, the poor, federal government workers and our military veterans ... it's good enough for ME!

It isn't good enough, it's cross subsidized by all the mandated but unpaid for care that hospitals give. It's subsizided by the self-insured and private insurance policies that don't get the same low rates as Medicare. If everybody jumps to Medicare or something similar, we'll bankrupt the big pharma, as they won't be paid enough to keep research going.

By the way, the health care the military and federal workers get isn't socialized. It's part of their pay package, like most of the rest of us.