What about the state laws requiring auto insurance? Not that I agree with those either. We even have to buy coverage in case we’re hit by an illegal driving without a licence or insurance themselves.
The state laws regarding auto insurance...only apply to those individuals that own and drive their cars. There is no state law that forces EVERYONE to buy auto insurance.
That is the difference. This bill MANDATES everyone to buy Health Insurance...regardless of your age, health, income, etc. No exceptions.
That is the difference.
You’re not required to buy coverage for yourself - you’re required to buy coverage in case you hit someone else.
And those are fundamentally different, insofar as you don’t have to drive to live.
The presumption of those laws is that you are driving on government owned roads thus government can make rules on your prerequisites for using them. If you just want to drive around private property you should need neither a license nor insurance. However the government may have exceeded those limitations in some cases.
Yes, we must buy auto insurance, but it’s for the other guy
in the accident.
I, however, am not required to buy collision insurance for my car.
If you don’t want to drive...you don’t have to. I know lots of Mennonites in Tennessee who don’t drive but ride a buggy....you don’t see mandatory buggy insurance required....now do you?
This is just one legal challenge of hundreds. Even if passed....2013 can come and the Supreme Court will have various cases to stall it for two or three years until this is settled.
They only mandate it if you wish to drive your car on the road. There is no penalty not to have insurance if you do not go on the road. Also, you are not required to cover yourself or your car. You must have coverage to cover others (in your car) or other peoples property and person if you cause an accident.
Not mandatory! I really hate that this car insurance stuff keeps coming up. And states are allowed to do this, government is not. Rhode Island drivers are not required to have insurance.
“What about the state laws requiring auto insurance?”
1. State government vs. fed government.
2. No car, no requirement.
3. Requirement is for liability ins not for car care.