[sjmjax]

What I don’t understand is why anyone, the Justices in particular, accept the premise that buying health insurance is the only way one can pay for their personal health care?

[JediJones]

What I don’t understand is why anyone, the Justices in particular, accept the premise that buying health insurance is the only way one can pay for their personal health care?

Which is why the individual mandate Newt used to talk about had the option to post a bond instead of getting insurance. So if you set your own money aside you wouldn't need to buy insurance.

[Vigilanteman]

Correct. Our family uses a chiropractor and, thanks to ObamaCare's mandates, my work insurance greatly reduced these type of coverages so they could cover the cost of treating winos, junkies, illegal aliens and other ObamaCare mandates.

We asked him about it and he said that by the time the insurance paperwork is done, he only ends up getting about what our previous co-pay was anyway. So we arranged treatment without insurance for the former copay amount, cash on the table.

[copaliscrossing]

What I don’t understand is why anyone, the Justices in particular, accept the premise that buying health insurance is the only way one can pay for their personal health care?

EXACTLY! When I was young and somewhat a little "poorer" I saved and paid cash for our family office visits and I even paid cash for the birth of my 4th child. Believe me, I got discounts when I flashed cash at the doctors office staff. They even worked hard to be sure I got the "samples" instead of sending me off to the pharmacy. Worked well for me.

Now, I will admit it is a bit risky if you end up in the hospital or with something serious. I think I was in my 30's when I went with a high deductible catastrophic plan.