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Originally Posted by BigBrodieFan
I wouldn't have to declare bankruptcy. So take that out of the equation. Now how am I hurting anyone?
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Assuming your family never, ever gets sick or no one ever has any form of an accident or medical emergency, no. But why take that risk? Say your always healthy husband suddenly gets sick. It happens to a lot of people. Until this year I had been to the doctor exactly once in 7 years. No major illnesses in that time. Not even the flu. And then come January I developed a moderate gastric issue that resulted in a ton of different tests, a ton of specialist visits, etc, with the non-insured bills adding up to more than my annual salary. But because I've paid into my health insurance over the years--I paid a minimal amount in copays and the issue was discovered and handled.
Are you going to just wait until someone gets sick or hurt and then go for insurance? If that's the case, then this mandate is to protect citizens who properly use insurance against citizens like you. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone just wait until they got sick, and then call up an insurance company and get a policy to cover their medical expenses?
The healthcare system and the insurance system are broken, for certain, but your thinking is what makes it worse, not better.