en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/709305 Comments by maklp http://biggovernment.com/gknapp/2009/11/11/forcing-us-to-buy-health-insurance-is-not-the-same-as-mandatory-car-insurance/#IDComment42855594 Here's the fundamental issue I see with the author's logic. If someone elects to not buy car insurance, yet persists to drive and then gets in an accident with me, I (or my insurance company) has legal recourse to pursue reparations from the uninsured driver. In the case of an uninsured individual who has a medical problem, I and other insured individuals often pay for the individual to get emergency medical care. Unlike the case of car insurance, I have no legal recourse to persue reparations, even though the uninsured patient is harming me (and most of you) economically. Until someone can guarantee me that I won't be subsidizing uninsured medical patients, then I absolutely think it defensible to require everybody be insured. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:08:52 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/gknapp/2009/11/11/forcing-us-to-buy-health-insurance-is-not-the-same-as-mandatory-car-insurance/#IDComment42855594